Pond's Seedling
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 2 accessions
Recorded in the RHS Catalogue of 1831 and said to have been raised by an amateur, Pond, and named after him. Fruits have yellow, mealy flesh with poor flavour but cooks very well.
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Accession 1961-095 · Pond's Seedling
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 19th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 90.20 g
- Stalk length
- 14.61 mm
Accession 1977-205 · Pond's Seedling? (Chambers)
NFC characterisation
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 77.00 g
- Stalk length
- 11.86 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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