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Grove's Late Victoria (Early Sport)

Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

An earlier ripening sport of Grove's Late Victoria. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1970 from East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have golden, soft, very juicy flesh with a sweet and good flavour.

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Picking time
Late August-Early September
Flowering
16th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
47.10 g
Stalk length
12.25 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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