Winter Red
syn. Red of Winter
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
A Russian variety. It was recorded in the USA in 1887. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936 from Leningrad. Fruits have medium soft, very juicy flesh with a subacid and little rich flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green/Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 33.90 g
- Stalk length
- 11.27 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
View on the NFC site