Eric Gerstetter

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

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

Accession No.
1951 - 078     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have softish, slightly juicy flesh with a moderately sweet, very slightly subacid flavour. Fruits crack badly in some seasons.

Accession name
Eric Gerstetter

Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
30th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early August ¹

Size
medium ¹

Type
Culinary ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.