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Zimmers Fruhzwetsche

Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

Originally found in the garden of Leonard Zimmer in Lauf bei Buhl, Germany in 1900. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1932 from L. Spath, Berlin. Fruits have firm, little juicy flesh with an acid flavour.

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Picking time
Early-Mid August
Flowering
9th April (10%) · 13th April (full) · 23rd April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oval
Stone
Freestone
Skin colour
Purple-red
Fruit weight
32.60 g
Stalk length
10.38 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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