Dessert plum
First recorded in 1810 as a tree growing in the garden of Bourgeois at Chambourcy, France. Exhibited in 1884.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name Reine-Claude Tardive de Chambourcy
Flowering time 19th April 10% flowering 22nd April Full (80%) flowering3rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time September a
Size medium a
Type Dessert a
Shape Oval-Oblong a
Fruit Weight 32.40 g a
Skin Colour Green/Yellow-green a
Stalk Length 15.20 mm a
Stone Semi-freestone a
References: a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.