Belgian Greengage
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
A seedling of Prunus domestica. Raised from seed imported from Belgium by Alidor Andries, Deloraine, Manitoba. Introduced in 1936. Fruits have soft, almost golden, juicy flesh with a sweet almost tasteless flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Belgian Greengage
Flowering time
15th April 10% flowering
19th April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid-Late August a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight
30.90 g a
Skin Colour
Yellow-green a
Stalk Length
16.44 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.