Catalonia
Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
This is an old cultivar recorded by Parkinson in 1629. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from the Centre de Recherches Agronomiques, Pont-de-la-Maye, France, although it is thought to have originated in Spain. Received First Class Certificate from RHS in 1901. Fruits have soft, fairly juicy, sweet flesh with a fair flavour. Cooks well.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- Picking time
- Late July-Early August
- Flowering
- 13th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert & Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow
- Fruit weight
- 10.20 g
- Stalk length
- 9.55 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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