Diepenbeekse Pruim

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

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

Accession No.
1951 - 075     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. It is a local Belgium plum. Fruits have soft, rather mealy flesh with very little flavour.

Accession name
Diepenbeekse Pruim

Flowering time
12th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
26th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early-Mid August ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Oval/Oval-Oblong ^a

Fruit Weight
33.10 g ^a

Skin Colour
Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
18.24 mm ^a

Stone
Freestone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.