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 25 years old at Powick, Worcestershire.Fruits have sweet, coarse flesh with a honey-like flavour.
Accession name
Queen's Crown (Powick)
Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August-Early September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert & Culinary 1
Shape
Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight
68.90 g 1
Skin Colour
Whitish/Yellow 1
Stalk Length
14.66 mm 1
Stone
Freestone 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.