Queen's Crown
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
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Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from a tree over 40 years old at Lower House Farm, Eastham, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.Fruits have sweet, coarse flesh with a honey-like flavour.
Accession name
Queen's Crown (Eastham)
Flowering time
19th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August-Early September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert & Culinary 1
Shape
Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight
57.10 g 1
Skin Colour
Whitish/Yellow 1
Stalk Length
15.27 mm 1
Stone
Freestone 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.