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Damson Blue Violet

Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession

Local to Westmorland. It was received by the National Fruit Trials from there in 1932. Fruits have fairly firm, juicy, subacid flesh with a good, fairly rich flavour.

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Picking time
Early-Mid August
Flowering
15th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval/Long
Stone
Freestone/Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red/Violet blue
Fruit weight
9.30 g
Stalk length
8.49 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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