Plums
Plums are juicier than other stone fruits, and have a longer growing season.  There are many varieties, some sweet, some acidic, and some best suited for drying into prunes.  They're often eaten... More »
Description & storage; Plum: soft round smooth-skinned sweet fruit with sweet flesh and a flattish pointed stone. ... The Japanese plum should be called the Chinese plum because the Japanese imported the fruit 200 to 300 years ago from the Chinese that had cultivated the fruit for thousands of years. The Japanese spread...
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Plum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus , subgenus Prunus . The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc) in the shoots having a t...
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Plums have a plump, round shape with a depression at the top where the stem attached. ... Plum skin is very smooth and shiny, and can be red, purple, or yellow. ... Plums may be confused with nectarines or apples, but plums are usually smaller than both and lack orange coloring. Dried plums are called prunes.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on plum (fruit), fruit of the genus Prunus of the rose family (Rosaceae). Like the peach and cherry, it is a stone, or drupe, fruit. Trees of some plum species reach a height from 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 feet), while others are much smaller; ... As the fruit grows, ... POWER AT PLUM BROOK.
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Thompson & Morgan UK seed and plant catalogue ... Note: The main cause of maggot damage in plums is the caterpillar of the Plum Fruit Moth. To help control this troublesome pest see Fruit Moth Traps.. ... Plum Victoria is one of the UK's favourite fruit trees, easy to grow and delicious to eat.
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Plum Pox, a serious disease of stone fruit has been found in Michigan! ... Plum growth stages used in the MSU Fruit CAT Alert; ... Plum Insect Pests: Green Fruitworm is often a problem on young green fruit. Green Peach Aphid will also attack plums, curling their leaves early in the season. Plum Curculio are often seen first...
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Plum pox virus symptoms on leaves first appear as subtle color variations that overtime become mottled. On fruit the virus is evident as ring spots or line patterns on the skin.
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Podocarpus elatus - Illawarra Plum ... Press to Return...
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Plum grows on a small tree, with twigs pubescent when young; flowers white, usually in clusters; fruits firm in texture, varying in colour from green and golden yellow ... Plum fruit is sweet, juicy and edible, and it can be eaten fresh or used in jam -making or other recipes. Plum juice can be fermented into plum wine ;
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