Washington
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
An American plum having two possible origins - a) raised from seed sown in about 1790 at Prince's Nursery, Flushing, New York and b) Arose from the sucker of a rootstock of a Green Gage killed by lightning at Delancey Farm, now the Bowery in New York City. First fruited in 1818. Fruits have firm, very juicy flesh with a very sweet, moderately rich gage type flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 16th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 52.80 g
- Stalk length
- 11.97 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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