Goliath
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
First described in England in 1813 by Hooker. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from R.D.Reid, Auchincruive, Ayr, Scotland. Fruits have firm, very juicy, acid flesh with little flavour. Makes good jam.
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- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red/Violet blue
- Fruit weight
- 61.80 g
- Stalk length
- 10.01 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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