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Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised in 1899 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford and introduced in 1910. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and subacid and rather tasteless.

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Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 30th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Semi-freestone/Clingstone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
42.50 g
Stalk length
13.48 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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