Purple Pershore
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1877 by Walter Martin at Drakes Broughton, near Pershore, Worcestershire. Fruits have firm, slightly juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Long
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 28.30 g
- Stalk length
- 16.51 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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