Ontario
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised by Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, New York, USA. It was first described in 1874. Fruits have soft, very juicy flesh with a moderately sweet and fairly rich flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
Ontario (EMLA)
Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
6th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August a
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight
36.93 g a
Skin Colour
Green a
Stalk Length
16.78 mm a
Stone
Semi-freestone/Clingstone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.