Dessert plum
Selected in 1938 by G. Tehrani and G.H. Dickson at the Horticultural Research Institute,Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada. Fruits have orange flesh with fair flavour.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession name Veeblue
Flowering time 28th March 10% flowering 31st March Full (80%) flowering14th April 90% petal fall
Picking time Early September a
Size medium-large a
Type Dessert a
Shape Long a
Fruit Weight 62.20 g a
Skin Colour Purple-red/Violet blue a
Stalk Length 11.04 mm a
Stone Freestone a
References: a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.