Professeur Collumbien
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Centre de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have medium soft, juicy flesh with a sweet, subacid, fairly rich flavour.
Accession name
Professeur Collumbien
Flowering time
11th April 10% flowering
15th April Full (80%) flowering
25th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid-Late August a
Size
medium-large a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval a
Fruit Weight
49.50 g a
Skin Colour
Purple-red a
Stalk Length
15.22 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.