Primate

Dessert & Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

Raised by Rivers Nurseries at Sawbridgeworth. It first fruited in 1889 and was introduced in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1895. Fruits have yellow, juicy flesh with a fair flavour and cooks well.

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

Accession No.
1907 - 013     check_circle

Accession name
Primate

Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid-Late September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert & Culinary 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
108.50 g 1

Skin Colour
Purple-red 1

Stalk Length
17.86 mm 1

Stone
Clingstone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.