Czar
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth and first fruited in 1874. The Russian Emperor was on a visit to this country, so the plum was named Czar in his honour. Fruits have tender flesh with a pleasant acid flavour. Cooks well.
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- Picking time
- Early August
- Flowering
- 19th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 28.70 g
- Stalk length
- 13.24 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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