Queen's Crown
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from a tree over 40 years old at Lower House Farm, Eastham, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.Fruits have sweet, coarse flesh with a honey-like flavour.
Accession name
Queen's Crown (Eastham)
Flowering time
19th April 10% flowering
24th April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August-Early September a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight
57.10 g a
Skin Colour
Whitish/Yellow a
Stalk Length
15.27 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from a tree over 25 years old at Powick, Worcestershire.Fruits have sweet, coarse flesh with a honey-like flavour.
Accession name
Queen's Crown (Powick)
Flowering time
21st April 10% flowering
25th April Full (80%) flowering
3rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August-Early September a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight
68.90 g a
Skin Colour
Whitish/Yellow a
Stalk Length
14.66 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.