Beauty

Dessert plum

Prunus salicina Lindl.

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

Accession No.
1993 - 010     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Collection in 1993 from Raintree Nursery, USA via Washington State University. Fruits have red-orange, very juicy flesh with a sweet-acid and refreshing flavour.

Accession name
Beauty

Flowering time
3rd July 10% flowering
3rd July Full (80%) flowering
3rd July 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late July-Early August ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Round/Oval ^a

Fruit Weight
62.29 g ^a

Skin Colour
Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
19.89 mm ^a

Stone
Clingstone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.