President
Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 2 accessions
Raised at Sawbridgeworth by Rivers and introduced in 1901. It was awarded the Award of Merit by the RHS in 1895 and a First Class Certificate in 1900. Fruits have juicy, sweet flesh with a pleasant flavour. An excellent cooker.
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Accession 1927-049 · President
- Picking time
- Mid-Late September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert & Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 91.80 g
- Stalk length
- 12.90 mm
Accession 1973-002 · President (Fromow)
NFC characterisation
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 84.00 g
- Stalk length
- 15.10 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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