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Prugna Damaschina

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

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Istituto di Coltivazioni Arboree, Turin, Italy. Fruits have firm, little juicy flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid, little rich flavour.

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Picking time
Early August
Flowering
17th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert & Culinary
Shape
Oval/Long
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Whitish/Purple-red
Fruit weight
9.90 g
Stalk length
7.64 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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