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Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Raised in 1903 at Bedford by Laxton Bros. and introduced in 1910. Fruits have moderately firm, very juicy flesh with a very sweet and rich flavour.

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Picking time
Early-Mid August
Flowering
11th April (10%) · 16th April (full) · 26th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oval/Oval-Oblong
Stone
Semi-freestone
Skin colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red
Fruit weight
63.00 g
Stalk length
10.68 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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