Plumvariety
Merton Gem
A dessert and cooking plum with purple-red skin, oval-oblong in shape, clingstone, raised in 1923 and named in 1965; sweet, juicy and rich. Picked in early to mid September.
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Origin · John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- rich
- Used for
- Dessert & Culinary plum
Origin & family
Where Merton Gem began
Recorded origin
John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton