Magna Glauca
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised at Max-Planck Plant Breeding Institute, Cologne, Germany. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1960 from Germany. Fruits have fairly soft, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid, little rich flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Magna Glauca
Flowering time tree 1
14th April 10% flowering
18th April Full (80%) flowering
28th April 90% petal fall
Picking time tree 1
Early August 1
Size tree 1
medium 1
Type tree 1
Dessert & Culinary 1
Shape tree 1
Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight tree 1
34.60 g 1
Skin Colour tree 1
Violet blue 1
Stalk Length tree 1
8.75 mm 1
Stone tree 1
Semi-freestone/Clingstone 1
Flowering time tree 2
14th April 10% flowering
18th April Full (80%) flowering
28th April 90% petal fall
Picking time tree 2
Early August 1
Size tree 2
medium 1
Type tree 2
Dessert & Culinary 1
Shape tree 2
Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight tree 2
38.60 g 1
Skin Colour tree 2
Purple-red 1
Stalk Length tree 2
10.10 mm 1
Stone tree 2
Semi-freestone 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.