Prugna Damaschina
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus insititia L.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Istituto di Coltivazioni Arboree, Turin, Italy. Fruits have firm, little juicy flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid, little rich flavour.
Accession name
Prugna Damaschina
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
20th April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early August a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval/Long a
Fruit Weight
9.90 g a
Skin Colour
Whitish/Purple-red a
Stalk Length
7.64 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.