Berudge

Dessert & Jamming plum

Prunus insititia L.

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

Accession No.
1949 - 173     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from the Federal Research Station in Lausanne, Switzerland. Fruits have golden yellow, soft flesh which is not very juicy and is moderately sweet and rich.

Accession name
Berudge

Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
20th April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid-Late August ¹

Size
very small ¹

Type
Dessert & Jamming ¹

Shape
Oval ¹

Fruit Weight
8.90 g ¹

Skin Colour
Green/Purple-red ¹

Stalk Length
8.48 mm ¹

Stone
Freestone ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.