Reine Claude Tardive de Chambourcy

Dessert plum

Prunus domestica L.

First recorded in 1810 as a tree growing in the garden of Bourgeois at Chambourcy, France. Exhibited in 1884.

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

Accession No.
1978 - 021     check_circle

Accession name
Reine-Claude Tardive de Chambourcy

Flowering time
19th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Oval-Oblong 1

Fruit Weight
32.40 g 1

Skin Colour
Green/Yellow-green 1

Stalk Length
15.20 mm 1

Stone
Semi-freestone 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.