Gros Damas de Tours
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
This variety is of French origin. It was first described in 1803. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from the Centre de Recherches Agronomiques, Pont-de-la-Maye, France. Fruits have fairly firm, very juicy flesh with a slightly rich, sweet subacid flavour.
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- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 11th April (10%) · 15th April (full) · 23rd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 38.40 g
- Stalk length
- 11.50 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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