Curlew
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised and introduced by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth in about 1887. Fruits have mealy, flavourless flesh. Suitable only for cooking.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 11th April (10%) · 16th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red/Violet blue
- Fruit weight
- 29.40 g
- Stalk length
- 13.83 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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