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Madeleine Nomblot

Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Thought to be of French origin. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Belgium. Known to have been growing in Morocco in 1937. Fruits have fairly firm and juicy flesh with a sweet subacid, moderately rich flavour.

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Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
13th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 28th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oval-Oblong
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
51.60 g
Stalk length
14.74 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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