Bodson
Culinary plum
Prunus domestica L.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Station de Recherches, Ghent, Belgium. Fruits have golden yellow, moderately firm, dry, poor flesh with a sweet, little subacid flavour.
Accession name
Bodson
Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
29th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August 1
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Culinary 1
Shape
Oval 1
Fruit Weight
55.70 g 1
Skin Colour
Yellow-green/Purple-red 1
Stalk Length
11.11 mm 1
Stone
Freestone 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.