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Olympia

Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised at Bedford by Laxton Bros. in 1904. It was awarded the Award of Merit by the RHS in 1933. Introduced in 1937. Fruits have firm, yellow, juicy flesh with good flavour.

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Picking time
Early-Mid September
Flowering
9th April (10%) · 14th April (full) · 27th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval/Long
Stone
Clingstone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
35.40 g
Stalk length
15.29 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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