Diepenbeekse Pruim

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.

Accession No.
1951 - 075     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. It is a local Belgium plum. Fruits have soft, rather mealy flesh with very little flavour.

Accession name
Diepenbeekse Pruim

Flowering time
12th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
26th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early-Mid August 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Oval/Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
33.10 g 1

Skin Colour
Purple-red 1

Stalk Length
18.24 mm 1

Stone
Freestone 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.