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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] American Sources for Unusual Plums

I second that.  It also is often known as just Petite, French, or it's older name, Prune D'Agen.  I've tried a lot of Gages, and none every performed or tasted anywhere near the Petite.  It's not a huge plum, but it's SWEET and it's RELIABLE.  In over 25 years, I've NEVER had a total crop failure with it, and most years it's loaded with far more than I can use.  The only thing I could call a flaw is the relatively small size and that the stone isn't as easy to remove as some.  So I wash and freeze them whole and they are great.
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:58:53 -0500
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] American Sources for Unusual Plums
>
>     If you want a truely great european type, try French Petite.
>
> ed