Lombard
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
This variety is said to have been raised by Judge Whitesborough, New York, USA and introduced by Lombard of Springfield, Massachusetts. It was named in about 1830. Fruits have very soft, juicy flesh which is sweet and of fair flavour when ripe.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid September
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 33.40 g
- Stalk length
- 13.82 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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