Dessert plum
Raised at the State Experimental Station, Njos, Norway from a cross made in the 1950s. It was named and introduced in 1970. Fruits have yellow-green flesh with a reasonable flavour.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Edda
Flowering time 21st April 10% flowering 26th April Full (80%) flowering3rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time Late July 1
Size large 1
Type Dessert 1
Shape Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight 35.80 g 1
Skin Colour Purple-red 1
Stalk Length 11.05 mm 1
Stone Freestone/Semi-freestone 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.