Diamond No 1
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Found in a hedge by a farm labourer called Diamond of Brenchley, Kent. It was introduced by Hooker, a nurseryman of Brenchley in 1830. Fruits have soft, not very juicy flesh with a rather acid flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Picking time
- Late August-Early September
- Flowering
- 9th April (10%) · 13th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red/Dark blue
- Fruit weight
- 51.30 g
- Stalk length
- 12.20 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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