Mallard
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers Nurseries at Sawbridgeworth and introduced in 1885/6. Fruits have golden yellow, firm, moderately juicy flesh, which is very sweet and moderately rich.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 9th April (10%) · 14th April (full) · 23rd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 37.79 g
- Stalk length
- 15.18 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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