French Improved
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Said to have been brought to France from the Crusades and planted near Bordeaux, France. It was recorded in 1796 and first called d'Ente in 1846. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a moderately sweet and rich flavour.
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- Picking time
- August-September
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval/Long
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green/Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 31.70 g
- Stalk length
- 16.03 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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