Monsieur Hatif
syn. Early Orleans
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
This variety is thought to be of French origin but has been known in England for 300 years. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945 from Hertfordshire. Fruits have fairly firm, very juicy flesh with a little sweet, slightly acid flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval/Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone/Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 28.70 g
- Stalk length
- 13.88 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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