Zuccherina di Somma
Culinary · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
An Italian plum received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Florence. Fruits have softish, moderately juicy flesh with a slightly subacid and a little sweet flavour. A little rich, but not of dessert quality.
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
- Picking time
- Late September-Early October
- Flowering
- 20th April (10%) · 25th April (full) · 6th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Long
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Green
- Fruit weight
- 24.44 g
- Stalk length
- 8.63 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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