Italienische Zwetsche
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.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- 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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