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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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