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Thames Cross

Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised in 1925 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol by G.T. Spinks and selected in about 1938. Fruits have medium firm, very juicy flesh with a moderately sweet and rich flavour. Fruits tend to bruise very easily.

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Picking time
Early-Mid September
Flowering
15th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oval/Long
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green
Fruit weight
99.82 g
Stalk length
10.01 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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