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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

My husband's uncle, who used to grow them, sometimes referred to prune 
plums as prunes.  I have never heard anyone else refer to 'prune' meaning 
anything other than a dried plum.

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Ginda
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:29:22 -0700 "Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com> 
wrote:
>I find the fact that several dictionaries include a definition of prunes 
as plums that can be dried surprising.  My understanding of the definition 
of prunes as exclusively plums that have been dried does not come simply 
from local usage but from extensive reading of literature related to 
commercial fruit growing where I have no memory of encountering this usage. 
 I have not encountered this usage in any of the many catalogues of 
commercial and home orchard nurseries that I frequently read.  How about 
other members?  I don't quite trust my memory on this. I'm much more 
interested in the usage and understanding of people who are knowledgeable 
about fruit than the general population.  Dictionaries, of course, are not.
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