Can you identify this fruit?
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Leaves and fruit look like a plum!
Cut one open and give it a lick!
Mulberries when they start falling are ripe for eating! you can eat them fresh or do them up into a jelly or jam.....they also make a nice wine!
Cut one open and give it a lick!
Mulberries when they start falling are ripe for eating! you can eat them fresh or do them up into a jelly or jam.....they also make a nice wine!
Kya D
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Pot Plums make the greatest jam and jelly. And are good to eat if they are good and ripe. If they are the least bit green they are really tart.
I have never seen them much bigger than a cherry
This is taken from Utah state univ site
An example of one of these “lost” varieties is the Potawatomi plum. It was once widely planted in the Intermountain West. According to the 1910 published Agricultural Experiment Station book, “The Plums of New York,” the variety was found in 1875 in Tennessee. People quickly recognized its excellent flavor, cold hardiness and disease resistance, and it became popular throughout much of the United States. The book states that the plum “is possibly of greater cultural value than any other of its species especially for northern latitudes. It’s of high quality…the texture of the fruit being especially pleasing in eating, and though melting and juicy it keeps and ships well because of its tough skin.” The plum is still found on old homesteads and roadsides, but it is no longer known to be commercially available.
As to why varieties as highly regarded as the Potawatomi plum lose favor, the reasons are many. Culturally, eating habits change. Many nursery owners have noted that the number of plums they sell has greatly declined over the last several years.
I have never seen them much bigger than a cherry
This is taken from Utah state univ site
An example of one of these “lost” varieties is the Potawatomi plum. It was once widely planted in the Intermountain West. According to the 1910 published Agricultural Experiment Station book, “The Plums of New York,” the variety was found in 1875 in Tennessee. People quickly recognized its excellent flavor, cold hardiness and disease resistance, and it became popular throughout much of the United States. The book states that the plum “is possibly of greater cultural value than any other of its species especially for northern latitudes. It’s of high quality…the texture of the fruit being especially pleasing in eating, and though melting and juicy it keeps and ships well because of its tough skin.” The plum is still found on old homesteads and roadsides, but it is no longer known to be commercially available.
As to why varieties as highly regarded as the Potawatomi plum lose favor, the reasons are many. Culturally, eating habits change. Many nursery owners have noted that the number of plums they sell has greatly declined over the last several years.
We do have them up here, but are not very common!
There is a stand of them on the old farm across the road from us! It is a very old stand covering a area a good 30ft round, and is well over 100 years old! They do not produce many fruit (due to endless decades of neglect) but they are a similar size to the small german plum I have growing on the our property. They are around the size of a larger grape.
There is a stand of them on the old farm across the road from us! It is a very old stand covering a area a good 30ft round, and is well over 100 years old! They do not produce many fruit (due to endless decades of neglect) but they are a similar size to the small german plum I have growing on the our property. They are around the size of a larger grape.
The pit is small but is as hard as a rock! I wouldn't try cracking one with my teeth!
Are we talking about the same plum?
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