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Variety of Plum · Prunus domestica
Very late, large blue plum with good keeping quality.
Edible value9Medicinal value3Other uses6
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1901

Taste & characteristics

Taste

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Parentage
Zufallssämling, England
Breeder
Thomas Rivers
Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Fruit weight
55 g

Flowering & harvest

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Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Large oval dark blue bloomed fruit with firm yellow flesh; clingstone.

Growth

Vigorous, late ripening, needs warm sites.

Yield

High yields; harvested into October.

Notes

Not self-fertile – needs a pollinator; stores and travels well.

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