Newark
Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Originated in Newark, New York, USA. First recorded in 1895 and introduced in 1897. Fruits have firm, fairly juicy flesh with a very sweet, slightly subacid flavour. Moderately rich. Trees are rather prone to bacterial canker.
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- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 16th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert & Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 21.20 g
- Stalk length
- 13.09 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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