Monarch
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Autumn Compote open pollinated. Raised at Sawbridgeworth by Thomas Rivers. It was first described in 1883 and introduced in 1885. Awarded First Class Certificate by RHS in 1894. Fruits have very juicy flesh with a moderately sweet, subacid and little rich flavour.
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- Picking time
- Early-Mid September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 18th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 53.90 g
- Stalk length
- 13.44 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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