Reine Claude Leon Hisse
Dessert plum
Prunus domestica L.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1966 from the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere, Pont-de-la-Maye, France. Fruits have fairly firm, moderately juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and quite rich flavour.
Accession name
Reine-Claude Precoce Leon Hisse
Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Round a
Fruit Weight
35.00 g a
Skin Colour
Yellow-green a
Stalk Length
10.46 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.