Dittisham Ploughman
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
A variety local to the Dart Valley in Devon. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from East Malling Research Station. Fruits have firm, slightly juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and a little rich flavour. Trees are prone to silver leaf.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid August
- Flowering
- 15th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 28th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 44.10 g
- Stalk length
- 12.17 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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