Reine Claude Noire
Dessert & Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Thought to have come from northern France. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1961 from Balsgard Fruit Breeding Institute, Sweden. Fruits have rather dry, coarse flesh with a fairly sweet flavour. Lacking in quality.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert & Culinary
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Green/Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 32.40 g
- Stalk length
- 16.26 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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