Culinary plum
Found in a hedge at Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Kent in 1836. Fruits have golden yellow, mealy, tasteless flesh which is excellent when cooked, the juice turning a deep red.
Synonyms:Kentish Bush
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Bush
Flowering time 20th April 10% flowering 23rd April Full (80%) flowering4th May 90% petal fall
Picking time Mid September 1
Size medium 1
Type Culinary 1
Shape Oval 1
Fruit Weight 31.80 g 1
Skin Colour Purple-red/Dark blue 1
Stalk Length 10.00 mm 1
Stone Clingstone 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.