Plumvariety
Monarch
A cooking plum with purple-red skin, oval-oblong in shape, freestone, introduced in 1885; sweet, mildly tart, juicy and rich. Picked in early to mid September.
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Origin · Sawbridgeworth
Released 1885
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Acidity
- subacid
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Flavour
- rich
- Used for
- Culinary plum
Origin & family
Where Monarch began
Recorded origin
Sawbridgeworth
- Released
- 1885
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