Reine Claude Souffriau
Gage, Prunus domestica
Reine Claude Souffriau is an old variety with a very attractive exterior and highly aromatic fruits.
The early ripening time of this highly interesting fruits, ripening just before ‘Oullins Reneklode’, opens the gage season in our range and thus expands the diversity of offers from direct marketers.
Blossom
Blooming date
medium early to medium, ideal to high blossom density
Fertility
medium early to medium, ideal to high blossom density
Fruit
Ripening time
early, 5. plum week, shortly before ‘Oullins Reneklode’
Scale, shape
medium to large, 55–60 mm, more or less round, very limited suture
Colour
uniformly coloured blue, heavy bloom
Fruit flesh
yellow-orange, amber when fully ripe, pleasant fine-cell texture, very juicy, firmer skin with fine acidity
Taste
at the first pick spicy-aromatic, with increasing maturity full-bodied taste
Cracking sensitivity
very low
Stone separability
small stone tends to stick to the flesh
Plum pox
under examination
Storage
for an early variety very good
Tree
Vigour
medium strong, semi upright to spreading, fruiting branches tilting, well garnished and branched, less tendency to blind wood, medium green leaf
Crop load
early setting, ideal to high, fruits hang uniformly dense with a slight tendency to form clusters, thorough and timely fruit thinning required to achieve good fruit size and excellent aroma
Origin
Breeder, Place
Belgium
Property rights
free variety