Crimson Drop
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
A sport of Coe's Golden Drop. It was raised at Galton Gardens, Reigate, Surrey. Received an Award of Merit from the RHS in 1901. Fruits have a very sweet and rich flavour.
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- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 13th April (10%) · 17th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Long
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 51.20 g
- Stalk length
- 13.61 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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