Tell me this, are those pea pods forming in place of a fruit or are
they deformed and enlarged leaves?
I have a plum which sometimes produces big pods in place of some of
the fruit. I never had them have pea-like structures inside though.
If you have enlarged fruit, do a web search for "plum pockets" and
see if you find anything familiar.
If you have deformed leaves, I would guess it is some sort of gall
forming insect. In that case, you should find a little worm
developing inside the structures that look like peas.
Let us know.

Steve


Trinity wrote:
Can anyone shed any light on a little mystery? At the bottom of my
garden are two large plum trees. They never have much fruit, but what
they do have tastes great. I already know that they have canker (lots
of gooey sap leaking from the branches), but this year I have noticed
that although there are some small plums beggining to form, most of the
branches seem to be growing pods (very much like a pea pod) which
contain what look like peas! Does anyone know what this might be?
--
Trinity
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