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Reine Claude de Vars

Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

A French variety grown in Correze. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1966 from the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere, Pont-de-la-Maye. Fruits have moderately firm, not very juicy flesh with a little sweet and acid flavour.

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Picking time
Mid-Late August
Flowering
17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Round
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red
Fruit weight
20.00 g
Stalk length
11.20 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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