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| Plum Czar | Apple Aromatic Russet | Cherry Hertford | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | A popular and easy to grow culinary plum. | A high quality russet-style variety, sharper than Egremont Russet, with a rich flavour and occasionally a hint of lemon. | Firm, good flavour. | ||
Identification | Czar | Aromatic Russet | Hertford | ||
| Fruit colour | Purple | ||||
| Flesh colour | |||||
| Fruit size | |||||
| Fruit shape | Oval / round | ||||
Using | Czar | Aromatic Russet | Hertford | ||
| Flavor | Average | ||||
| Flavour style | |||||
| Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
| Use/Keeping | 1 week | ||||
| Cooking result | |||||
Growing | Czar | Aromatic Russet | Hertford | ||
| Picking | |||||
| Cropping | Heavy | ||||
| Vigour | Average growth | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 3 Self-fertile Blossom frost-resistance | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | Self-sterile | ||
| Gardening skill | Very easy | ||||
| Problems | Canker - Some resistance Silverleaf - Some susceptibility | Canker - Some resistance | |||
Other | Czar | Aromatic Russet | Hertford | ||
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | ||
| Other qualities | Awards 1993 | Awards 2004 |