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

This time of year you might be getting "Dinosaur Egg" Pluots.
http://www.walkaboutmag.com/5pluot.html
-Lon Rombough
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On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:07 PM, MARIE ASHTON wrote:

What color is the flesh and what is the shape of the fruit (round oblong, 
heart shaped etc.)? It sounds like Elephant Heart. The flesh color would be 
reddish on Elephant Heart.

Nearly all the plums in California shipped for the fresh market are Japanese 
Hybrid plums.

Regards,
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
www.oakcreekorchard.com
bwoodtx@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Whitehead" <voltaire@islandnet.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] giant red plums


> The skin is a bit tart, the inside is sweet but not flavourful.  The
> stone came out easily.  The fruit slices nicely. It is juicy to eat,
> but not messy.  It would be attractive on a salad plate, fanned out
> to look like a flower.
>
> It is not like other commercial plums I have bought that are sour
> around the stone and in the skin - the kind I won't buy anymore.
>
> I will leave the others to ripen some more.
>
> Diane Whitehead
>
>
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