Ortenauer
Variety of Damson · Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
Late, very aromatic plum with sweet flesh – excellent for baking and drying.
Also known as: Ortenauer Zwetsche
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Zufallssämling aus der Ortenau (Baden)
- Fruit weight
- 30 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized, dark-blue fruit with sweet, very aromatic, freestone flesh.
Growth
Medium-strong growth; self-fertile. Important cross-parent (Jojo, Presenta).
Yield
High, regular late-season yields; typical orchard variety.
Notes
Popular baking and drying plum; Sharka-susceptible.
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