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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