Reine Claude de Bavay
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised in about 1832 by Major Esperen and named after Bavay, Director of the Royal Gardens, Vilvoorde, Belgium. Introduced in about 1843. Fruits have deep yellow, juicy flesh with a rich gage flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late September
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 29th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone/Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 54.81 g
- Stalk length
- 9.48 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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