Prune Amere

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

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

Accession No.
1951 - 088     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have firm, little juicy flesh with a moderately sweet and rather astringent flavour.

Accession name
Prune Amere

Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early August 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
25.60 g 1

Skin Colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red 1

Stalk Length
9.26 mm 1

Stone
Clingstone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.