Stint

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth and first fruited in about 1875. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a rather poor flavour.

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

Accession No.
1927 - 041     check_circle

Accession name
Stint

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
2nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late July-Early August ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Oval ^a

Fruit Weight
19.20 g ^a

Skin Colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
10.77 mm ^a

Stone
Freestone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.