Dalla Punta

Culinary plum

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

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

Accession No.
1958 - 154     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Ansaloni's nurseries, Bologna, Italy. Fruits have soft, rather dry flesh with a poor flavour.

Accession name
Dalla Punta

Flowering time
28th March 10% flowering
3rd April Full (80%) flowering
13th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early-Mid August ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Round/Oval ^a

Fruit Weight
13.40 g ^a

Skin Colour
Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
14.59 mm ^a

Stone
Semi-freestone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.