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Stark Blue Ribbon

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Discovered in 1940 by Susan Aldrich, Bothell, Snohomish county, Washington USA as a seedling growing among Italian Prune trees. Fruits have fibrous, rather acid flesh with a moderate flavour and little juice.

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Picking time
Early-Mid September
Flowering
16th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 27th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Culinary
Shape
Long
Stone
Clingstone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
48.90 g
Stalk length
11.35 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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