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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