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Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Said to have originated in Lombardy, Italy in the early 1800s. It was introduced to Germany by Fellenberg in about 1823 and known in England since 1826. Fruits have firm and a little juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

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Picking time
Mid-Late September
Flowering
22nd April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red/Dark blue
Fruit weight
30.40 g
Stalk length
14.43 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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