Farleigh Damson
Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession
A wild seedling found by Mr James Crittenden of Farleigh, Kent and introduced in about 1820. Fruits have firm flesh with a rich flavour when cooked. Trees are sometimes used as a windbreak.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late September
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- very small
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Dark blue
- Fruit weight
- 9.00 g
- Stalk length
- 6.54 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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