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Gilbert

Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised at Balsgard Fruit Breeding Institute, Sweden in 1952. It was introduced in 1968. Fruits have sweet, slightly acid flesh.

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Picking time
Late July
Flowering
5th April (10%) · 13th April (full) · 22nd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oval/Oval-Oblong
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Green/Purple-red
Fruit weight
34.67 g
Stalk length
12.28 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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