Frampton Magnum
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Fruit: Plum
Use: Dessert/Cooking
Origin and History: UK; arose Frampton Cotterell or Winterbourne, Gloucs.
Season: Mid
Harvest Time: late Aug/early Sept
Store:
Qualities and Taste:
Oval, purple to dark red skin, sweet yellow flesh.
(Source: CM)
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Map Reference: PL 7
Form: Bush
Rootstock:
Additional Information:
Albert Taylor reports that the local coal miners, seeking extra income, picked the plums which would be sent overnight by horse and cart to the Bristol markets. (Source: CM)