Plumvariety
Merton Blue
A cooking plum with violet-blue skin, oval in shape, clingstone, raised in 1923 and named in about 1952; sweet, juicy, firm and rich. Picked in early September.
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Origin · John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- rich
- Used for
- Culinary plum
Origin & family
Where Merton Blue began
Recorded origin
John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton