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Pershore

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Originally found by George Crooke as a seedling in Tiddesley Woods, Pershore, Worcestershire in 1827. Fruits have very firm, yellow, dry, almost mealy flesh, which is without flavour but cooks and processes very well. It has been widely used as a rootstock and grown commercially in the UK.

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Picking time
Mid August
Flowering
17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone/Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green
Fruit weight
34.20 g
Stalk length
15.98 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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