Culinary plum
Raised in 1899 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford and introduced in 1910. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and subacid and rather tasteless.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Prosperity
Flowering time 14th April 10% flowering 19th April Full (80%) flowering30th April 90% petal fall
Picking time Mid-Late August a
Size medium-large a
Type Culinary a
Shape Oval a
Fruit Weight 42.50 g a
Skin Colour Purple-red a
Stalk Length 13.48 mm a
Stone Semi-freestone/Clingstone a
References: a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.