Drap d'Or d'Esperen
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Major Esperen of Malines, Belgium in about 1832. Introduced in 1847. Fruits have fairly firm, very juicy flesh with a very sweet and very rich flavour.
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- Picking time
- Late August-Early September
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow
- Fruit weight
- 48.20 g
- Stalk length
- 13.26 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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