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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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