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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

Robert C. Mullins wrote:
> Tasted a plum, it was delicious, saved the seed.  And now the big 
> question, if I plant it, will it grow true?
>   
About the same chance as winning the lottery.
If the plum was a wild plum (unimproved by breeding or selection), then 
the seed might produce a tree with very similar fruit. Since you say it 
was delicious, I'm going to assume it was pretty far from a wild fruit.

Steve