I moved into a house and now in the summer one of the trees in the backyard
is bearing some kind of fruit. I have no idea what it is. They look sort of
like giant red grapes or plums. I uploaded photos of the fruits and the tree
here (apologies for low-quality digital camera).

http://flickr.com/photos/9384650@N06/

"Ham Pastrami" wrote in message
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I moved into a house and now in the summer one of the trees in the backyard
is bearing some kind of fruit. I have no idea what it is. They look sort of
like giant red grapes or plums. I uploaded photos of the fruits and the tree
here (apologies for low-quality digital camera).

http://flickr.com/photos/9384650@N06/

They look like plums or prunes to me.

I concure that they look like plums. Prunes on the other hand do not grow on
trees.
Prunes are the result of drying plums.

Sherwin D.

KarenCannoli wrote:

"Ham Pastrami" wrote in message
. net...
I moved into a house and now in the summer one of the trees in the backyard
is bearing some kind of fruit. I have no idea what it is. They look sort of
like giant red grapes or plums. I uploaded photos of the fruits and the tree
here (apologies for low-quality digital camera).

http://flickr.com/photos/9384650@N06/

They look like plums or prunes to me.

sherwindu wrote:
I concure that they look like plums. Prunes on the other hand do not
grow on trees. Prunes are the result of drying plums.

Some plums are called prunes even when not dried. Notice "capable of
drying" in the Merriam-Webster entry:

Main Entry: 1prune
Pronunciation: 'prün
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, plum, from Latin prunum
-- more at PLUM
: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation

Paulo

"Paulo da Costa" wrote in message
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sherwindu wrote:
I concure that they look like plums. Prunes on the other hand do not
grow on trees. Prunes are the result of drying plums.

Some plums are called prunes even when not dried. Notice "capable of drying" in the
Merriam-Webster entry:

Main Entry: 1prune
Pronunciation: 'prün
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, plum, from Latin prunum -- more at
PLUM
: a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation

Paulo
Exactly, but the pru\0es are more oblong. I am
pretty sure these are plums.

They are wonderful plums; I have 2 trees of them, canned 100 bottles last
year


"Ham Pastrami" wrote in message
. net...
I moved into a house and now in the summer one of the trees in the backyard
is bearing some kind of fruit. I have no idea what it is. They look sort
of
like giant red grapes or plums. I uploaded photos of the fruits and the
tree
here (apologies for low-quality digital camera).

http://flickr.com/photos/9384650@N06/

On Jun 27, 2:25?am, sherwindu wrote:
I concure that they look like plums. Prunes on the other hand do not grow on
trees.
Prunes are the result of drying plums.

But only certain types of plums can become prunes, and prune plums do
grow on trees.

http://www.bouquetoffruits.com/fruit...lum-facts.html

"Cathy Boer" wrote in message
news:4yvgi.12967$xk5.8758@edtnps82...
They are wonderful plums; I have 2 trees of them, canned 100 bottles last
year

Ok, I guess I did have an idea what they were after all.

It's just that I've always thought of plums as being very dark, maybe these
are a different type or just not ripe yet? Thanks to everyone for your help.

Ham Pastrami wrote:
"Cathy Boer" wrote in message
news:4yvgi.12967$xk5.8758@edtnps82...
They are wonderful plums; I have 2 trees of them, canned 100 bottles last
year

Ok, I guess I did have an idea what they were after all.

It's just that I've always thought of plums as being very dark, maybe these
are a different type or just not ripe yet? Thanks to everyone for your help.



There are many varieties. I've seen plums that ranged from medium red to
almost black when ripe. And that doesn't even begin to include the
plum-apricot crosses such a pluot and aprium and
who-knows-what-sorta'-name-they'll-come-up-with-next.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

John McGaw wrote:
Ham Pastrami wrote:
"Cathy Boer" wrote in message
news:4yvgi.12967$xk5.8758@edtnps82...
They are wonderful plums; I have 2 trees of them, canned 100 bottles
last
year

Ok, I guess I did have an idea what they were after all.

It's just that I've always thought of plums as being very dark, maybe
these
are a different type or just not ripe yet? Thanks to everyone for your
help.



There are many varieties. I've seen plums that ranged from medium red to
almost black when ripe. And that doesn't even begin to include the
plum-apricot crosses such a pluot and aprium and
who-knows-what-sorta'-name-they'll-come-up-with-next.


Is a pluot different from a plumcot?

spampot wrote:
John McGaw wrote:
Ham Pastrami wrote:
"Cathy Boer" wrote in message
news:4yvgi.12967$xk5.8758@edtnps82...
They are wonderful plums; I have 2 trees of them, canned 100 bottles
last
year

Ok, I guess I did have an idea what they were after all.

It's just that I've always thought of plums as being very dark, maybe
these
are a different type or just not ripe yet? Thanks to everyone for
your help.



There are many varieties. I've seen plums that ranged from medium red
to almost black when ripe. And that doesn't even begin to include the
plum-apricot crosses such a pluot and aprium and
who-knows-what-sorta'-name-they'll-come-up-with-next.


Is a pluot different from a plumcot?

Who can tell? There are so many crosses and re-crosses that it all gets
pretty vague after a while. And given my luck growing fruit trees I
doubt that I'll be experimenting on my own.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com