Damson Common
Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession
Originally this was the Wild Damson brought into cultivation. It was recorded in 1629. Fruits are dry, mealy, rather acid and with only a fair damson flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Culinary
Source · National Fruit Collection
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