French Damson
Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession
Presumed to be of French origin. It was recorded in the USA in 1889. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from the University of Kentucky, USA. Fruits have fairly firm, juicy flesh with a fairly good flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- Picking time
- Late September-Early October
- Flowering
- 16th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red/Dark blue
- Fruit weight
- 20.80 g
- Stalk length
- 12.90 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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