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

Raised by Rivers Nurseries at Sawbridgeworth. It first fruited in 1889 and was introduced in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1895. Fruits have yellow, juicy flesh with a fair flavour and cooks well.

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Picking time
Mid-Late September
Flowering
21st April (10%) · 26th April (full) · 8th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval-Oblong
Stone
Clingstone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
108.50 g
Stalk length
17.86 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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