Early Favourite
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised by Rivers at Sawbridgeworth in 1820 and introduced in about 1834. It was awarded a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1895. Fruits have green, juicy, sweet flesh.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Early Favourite
Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
20th April Full (80%) flowering
28th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late July-Early August a
Size
small a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval a
Fruit Weight
16.60 g a
Skin Colour
Purple-red/Violet blue a
Stalk Length
7.32 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.