Dessert plum
Thought to be of Dutch origin. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from the Fruit Research Station in Wilhelminadorp, Netherlands. Fruits have very sweet, juicy flesh with a good 'gage-like' flavour. Fruits tend to split. Said to grow well on its own roots.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Winsson
Flowering time 20th April 10% flowering 26th April Full (80%) flowering7th May 90% petal fall
Picking time Late July 1
Size medium 1
Type Dessert 1
Shape Oval-Oblong 1
Fruit Weight 21.60 g 1
Skin Colour Whitish/Purple-red 1
Stalk Length 9.11 mm 1
Stone Semi-freestone/Clingstone 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.