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Mirabelle d'Octobre

Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus insititia L. · 1 accession

Thought to be of French origin. It was known in England in 1831. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Lepage, Angers, France. Fruits have firm, very juicy flesh with a fairly sweet, subacid and moderate flavour.

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Picking time
Late September-Early October
Flowering
26th April (10%) · 1st May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
very small-small
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Round
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow
Fruit weight
12.50 g
Stalk length
5.95 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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