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Fotheringham

Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Thought to be of English origin. It was mentioned in 1665. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and subacid.

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Picking time
Mid-Late September
Flowering
23rd April (10%) · 28th April (full) · 7th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red
Fruit weight
47.80 g
Stalk length
16.60 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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