Burrell's Red Myrobalan

Culinary plum

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

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

Accession No.
1954 - 094     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1924 from R.J. Burrell, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. The original tree grew in a garden at Littlebury, Essex in about 1870. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh which is a little sweet and insipid.

Accession name
Burrell's Red Myrobalan

Flowering time
26th March 10% flowering
4th April Full (80%) flowering
14th April 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late July-Early August ¹

Size
small-medium ¹

Type
Culinary ¹

Shape
Round ¹

Fruit Weight
15.00 g ¹

Skin Colour
Purple-red ¹

Stalk Length
13.65 mm ¹

Stone
Clingstone ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.