Heron
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers at Sawbridgeworth and introduced by them in 1885/86. A juicy cooking plum with firm flesh.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid August
- Flowering
- 11th April (10%) · 16th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 41.98 g
- Stalk length
- 16.34 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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