SPURDENTE® Ferco
Breeder : INRAE
Editor : CEP INNOVATION
The fruit
Maturity time
End of August – beginning of September in Lot-Et-Garonne (France), 10 days before prune d’Ente 707
Shape and size
Oblong, elongated almost symetrical, 30 grams on average
Attractiveness and coloration
Red-violet skin
Green-yellow flesh
Eating quality
Good, juicy and sweet
Aptitude for drying
Bonne (like prune d’Ente)
Stone
Semi-freestone – freestone
The tree
Vigour
Good
Habit
Upright
Flowering time
Medium to late (4 jours after prune d’Ente 707)
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Productivity
Good and regular, early fruit set
General appreciation
This Ente plum induced mutant makes it possible to bring forward the harvest of 10 days with a fruit of good technological quality. Its type of fruiting and its specific ramification make it possible to reduce the pruning work.
Even if self-fertile, it is advised to plant SPURDENTE® Ferco with other Ente plum clones for optimal fruiting.