On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 mark wrote:

This weekend to my surprise I found that one of the plum trees carried ripe
plums. These were all picked and sold at the gate this weekend. They sold
really quickly. Usually they are not ready until the wasps are out in force,
so we got a good crop this time instead of the usual third to wasps, third
to windfall.

Can anyone advise as to what this variety might be based on its earliness.
Plums on the other tree are still green.

I don't think it matters what the variety is as all plums seem to be
about two to three weeks earlier this year. Normally my plums in
Normandy ripen during the first week of August but this year they were
ripening last week while I was over there. That means that, because I
can't get back there until the second week of August, I shall lose most
of the crop this year! :-(

David

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