Washington
Dessert plum
Prunus domestica L.
An American plum having two possible origins - a) raised from seed sown in about 1790 at Prince's Nursery, Flushing, New York and b) Arose from the sucker of a rootstock of a Green Gage killed by lightning at Delancey Farm, now the Bowery in New York City. First fruited in 1818. Fruits have firm, very juicy flesh with a very sweet, moderately rich gage type flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Washington
Flowering time
16th April 10% flowering
21st April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid-Late August 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight
52.80 g 1
Skin Colour
Yellow-green 1
Stalk Length
11.97 mm 1
Stone
Freestone 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.