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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