White's Early Increment
Dessert & Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Raised by Mrs H.M. White in 1937 at Eynsham, Oxon from a South African plum stone. Fruits have very juicy, soft flesh with a poor watery flavour. Trees are rather susceptible to bacterial canker and silver leaf.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Accession name
White's Early Increment
Flowering time
17th April 10% flowering
22nd April Full (80%) flowering
1st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid-Late August a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert & Culinary a
Shape
Oval a
Fruit Weight
38.40 g a
Skin Colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red a
Stalk Length
12.84 mm a
Stone
Semi-freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.