Sugar

Dessert & Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

Raised by Luther Burbank in California, USA. It was first described in 1897 and introduced in 1899. Fruits have very juicy flesh with a very sweet, rich and good flavour.

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

Accession No.
1926 - 031     check_circle

Accession name
Sugar

Flowering time
11th April 10% flowering
16th April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid-Late August ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert & Culinary ^a

Shape
Oval ^a

Fruit Weight
36.32 g ^a

Skin Colour
Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
18.42 mm ^a

Stone
Freestone/Semi-freestone ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.