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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: Pitless Plums Studied
  • Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:23:50 -0700

That was one of Burbank's goals - pitless prunes. Growers didn't like it because in those days they got paid by weight and a prune without a pit weighed less.
-Lon Rombough
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On Apr 22, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Melissa Kacalanos wrote:

I emailed one of the researchers to ask about this, (Isn't the internet great?) and he said that pit removal is a big expense for food processors, I guess the ones who make pitted prunes in this case. That's where the market would be for these plums. How often do you see fresh prune plums for sale anyway?

I don't hear anyone complaining about seedless bananas.

Melissa



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