Saint Martin
syn. Coe's Late Red
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Thought to be of French origin. It was described in 1816 by Duhamel and introduced into England by Coe and renamed Coe's Late Red. It was received under this name by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a fair flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 5th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Round/Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green/Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 27.00 g
- Stalk length
- 9.38 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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