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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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