Hay

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

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

Accession No.
1953 - 130     check_circle

Received by the National Fruits Trials in 1952 from R.W. Sidwell, Evesham, Worcestershire. Fruits have fairly soft, very juicy flesh with a subacid and little rich flavour.

Accession name
Hay

Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early August 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
14.60 g 1

Skin Colour
Whitish 1

Stalk Length
9.63 mm 1

Stone
Clingstone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.