Dessert & Culinary plum
Raised in 1923 at John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton and named in 1965. Fruits have very juicy flesh with a little sweet and moderately rich flavour. Trees usually produce a second crop of plums which ripen in early October.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Merton Gem (EMLA)
Flowering time 16th April 10% flowering 20th April Full (80%) flowering2nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time Early-Mid September 1
Size medium-large 1
Type Dessert & Culinary 1
Shape Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight 51.50 g 1
Skin Colour Purple-red 1
Stalk Length 10.49 mm 1
Stone Clingstone 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.