Grand Duke
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth and introduced in 1876. It was awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1880. Fruits have fairly firm, rather dry flesh with a subacid to little sweet flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late September
- Flowering
- 6th April (10%) · 10th April (full) · 23rd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval/Long
- Stone
- Semi-freestone/Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Violet blue
- Fruit weight
- 95.87 g
- Stalk length
- 22.63 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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