Late Muscatelle

Late Muscatelle is an old French dessert plum when an exceptional and sweet muscat flavour

Origin: France, 1859

Pollination: Late Muscatelle is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Late Muscatelle

Late Muscatelle plum was raised by Baltet Freres, Troyes, France and introduced in 1859. Medium sized, round-oblong, purple fruit. Clinging stone. Sweet dessert plum with exceptional flavour.

Characteristics of Late Muscatelle plum and gage trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Purple
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Small
Picking time
Season of use	Sep
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Pollination date	21
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners