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| Damson Shropshire Prune | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | The definitive English damson, not the best cropping but perhaps the best flavour. | ||||
Identification | Shropshire Prune | ||||
| Fruit colour | Blue-black | ||||
| Flesh colour | |||||
| Fruit size | |||||
| Fruit shape | Long / oval | ||||
Using | Shropshire Prune | ||||
| Flavor | Very good | ||||
| Flavour style | Sharper | ||||
| Ripening period | Mid-Late season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1-3 days | ||||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Shropshire Prune | ||||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Light | ||||
| Vigour | Weak growing | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid-Late season Self-fertile | ||||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Silverleaf - Very resistant | ||||
Other | Shropshire Prune | ||||
| Country of origin | |||||
| Other qualities | Awards 1998 ('Prune Damson') |