Charcuty

Culinary plum

Prunus insititia L.

Thought to be of French origin. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from the Centre de Recherches Agronomiques, Pont-de-la-Maye, France. Fruits have soft, moderately juicy flesh with a very sweet and moderately rich flavour.

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

Accession No.
1948 - 147     check_circle

Accession name
Charcuty

Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
18th April Full (80%) flowering
28th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early-Mid August 1

Size
very small 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
5.18 g 1

Skin Colour
Whitish/Purple-red 1

Stalk Length
10.88 mm 1

Stone
Clingstone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.