Belgian Greengage

Dessert & Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

A seedling of Prunus domestica. Raised from seed imported from Belgium by Alidor Andries, Deloraine, Manitoba. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have soft, almost golden, juicy flesh with a sweet almost tasteless flavour.

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

Accession No.
1962 - 006     check_circle

Accession name
Belgian Greengage

Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid-Late August 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert & Culinary 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
30.90 g 1

Skin Colour
Yellow-green 1

Stalk Length
16.44 mm 1

Stone
Freestone 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.