Summer is flying by faster than a fish on a unicycle and that can only mean one thing: PLUMS. Plums are now joining the parade of stone fruit that began back in June with cherries and apricots, and …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on
Summer is flying by faster than a fish on a unicycle and that can only mean one thing: PLUMS. Plums are now joining the parade of stone fruit that began back in June with cherries and apricots, and …
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Filed Under: Ask the FruitGuys, Diet and Health, Food, Nutrition, Produce Glossary, The FruitLife Tagged With: lunch and learn, natural hybridization, plums, stone fruit, stone fruit hybrids, summer fruit, summer fruit guide, take a breather, Very Cherry Plums
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Q: How can I tell when my stone fruit is ripe (or ready to eat)? A: To protect stone fruit during delivery, such as peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots, we send it to you on the slightly …
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Filed Under: Ask the FruitGuys, FruitGuys News Tagged With: nectarines, peaches, plums, ripening, stone fruit
By Heidi Lewis on
Olson Family Farms in California’s Central Valley is truly a family affair. Five generations have lived on the farmstead and worked the land since John and Anna Olson emigrated from Sweden in 1888. …
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Filed Under: Farms, FruitGuys News Tagged With: apricots, california farms, Central Valley, nectarines, olson family farm, olsons, organic farming, peaches, plums, stone fruit
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Black and Blue. There's a battle in the fruit department; the fruits are fighting over who has more antioxidant carotenoids. But it is the USDA that says Black Plums are exceptionally high in an assay …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: Black Plum, plum, plums, stone fruit
By Julie Collins on
By Gretchen Bay It’s officially summer. And summer means (among other delicious things)—plums! Unlike their stone-fruit cousins' peaches and nectarines (which come with a white or yellow flesh and …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: antioxidants, article, dietary fiber, european plums, japanese plums, nutriional value of plums, plum, Plum Crazy for Plums!, plums, stone fruit, summer, vitamin C
By The FruitGuys on
Beauty, but friends call it "Beaut" for short, is an early smooth red plum with yellow flesh. Good plum to know on a first-name basis. …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: beauty red plum, fall, plum, plums, red beaut plum, red beauty plum, spring, stone fruit, summer
By Tanya Milosevich on
Courtesy of Tanya Milosevich INGREDIENTS Juice of one Valencia orange 3 tablespoons sugar 4-6 plums, cut in quarters and pitted Slices of baguette, toasted 1 1/2 cups fresh …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: appetizer, central recipes, crostini, easy appetizer recipe, easy plum appetizer, plum crostini, plums, regional central recipes, ricotta
By Rebecca Taggart on
Looking for a miracle food that helps you lose weight, feel full, lowers blood sugar and cholesterol levels, and keeps you regular? Fiber is the answer. Most of us know very little about fiber, beyond …
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Filed Under: Diet and Health, FruitGuys News Tagged With: apples, article, berries, fiber, fresh fruit, fruit, insoluble fiber, organic apples, organic pears, pears, plums, soluble fiber
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Introducing Preservation Harvest—produce that makes a difference. Buying plums can help save a farm and make healthier land. West Coast customers, get a box of 25 refreshing Black Amber Plums from …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, GoodWorks Tagged With: black amber plums, organic farming, plums, preservation harvest, transitional plums
By Heidi Lewis on
Look closely at your plum. Real close. See that? That's Luther Burbank's thumbprint. Luther was a botanist wizard at the turn of the century, a Midas of sorts whose more than 800 varieties of …
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Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News Tagged With: article, luther burbank, plum, plum storage, plums
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
The plum tree in my backyard is awake with white blossoms that shine silver in the moonlight and cluster on the dark wood branches like downy-snow. These small, soft, flowery nests attract wobbly …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, The FruitLife Tagged With: article, blossoms, photosynthesis, plum tress, plums, spring
By The FruitGuys on
Last but not least. This plum brings up the end of the plum parade. Yellow-green hued, stone-free, and good to the last bite. …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: October Sun Plum, plums
By The FruitGuys on
"Low ri-der, drives a little slower." [Queue horn section]. The Laroda plum was developed in Winters, CA in the 1950s, and is cherished for its rich wine taste and beautiful color. It has been …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: Laroda Plum, plums, stone fruit, summer
By FruitGuys Staff on
The Elephant Heart Plum is yet another Luther Burbank invention. Burbank had a Midas touch in plant breeding. He began with a dozen plum seeds from Japan - a distant exotic land in 1880. And now …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Produce Glossary Tagged With: ark of taste, elephant heart, Elephant Heart Plum, elephant plum, plums, slow food
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