Burnet

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

This plum is of Scottish origin. Recorded in 1831. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Auchincruive. Fruits have greenish yellow, medium firm, very juicy flesh with a subacid, little sweet, little rich flavour.

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

Accession No.
1947 - 023     check_circle

Accession name
Burnet

Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
18th April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September-Early October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Oval 1

Fruit Weight
11.10 g 1

Skin Colour
Purple-red 1

Stalk Length
16.39 mm 1

Stone
Semi-freestone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.