Guthrie's Late Green
Dessert plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised by Charles Guthrie, Taybank, Dundee, Scotland in about 1850. Fruits have medium firm, very juicy flesh with a very sweet and rich flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Guthrie's Late Green
Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August-Mid September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Oval/Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight
51.10 g a
Skin Colour
Yellow-green a
Stalk Length
11.28 mm a
Stone
Semi-freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.