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Bountiful
Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised in 1900 by Laxton Bros., Ltd. at Bedford and introduced in 1926. Received Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1926. Fruits have firm but not very juicy flesh with a little sweet flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Laxton's Bountiful
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1925 - 002
- Accession name
- Laxton's Bountiful
- Flowering time ›››
- 15th April10% flowering
19th AprilFull (80%) flowering
29th April90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 1
- Size
- medium/medium-large 1
- Shape
- Oval 1
- Weight
- 39.40 g 1
- Skin Colour
- Purple-red 1
- Fruit Length
- 11.61 mm 1
- Stone
- Semi-freestone 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
Design: Chris Turnbull, November 2015