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Lutzelsache Fruhzwetsche

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Found in 1914 by Georg Nickel in a vineyard or on the mountain road at Lutzelsachsen near Weinheim, Germany. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1937 from The Netherlands. Fruits have firm, but little juicy flesh with a subacid to sweet prune flavour.

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Picking time
Late July-Early August
Flowering
8th April (10%) · 13th April (full) · 23rd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
26.20 g
Stalk length
8.49 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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