Prune Amere

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

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

Accession No.
1951 - 088     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have firm, little juicy flesh with a moderately sweet and rather astringent flavour.

Accession name
Prune Amere

Flowering time
20th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
4th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early August ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Oval-Oblong ^a

Fruit Weight
25.60 g ^a

Skin Colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
9.26 mm ^a

Stone
Clingstone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.