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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

On 9/4/2011 12:27 AM, Steven Covacci wrote:

> This is, for the most part, a re-visit of a topic I initiated last
> year regarding the edibility of certain native wild plum species,
> particularly American plum (P. americana), Chickasaw plum (P.
> angustifolia), wild-goose plum/Munson's plum (P. munsoniana) and
> Canadian plum (P. nigra) - these in comparison to beach plum (P.
> maritima).

I have a few wild plum trees on my property; the largest lacks enough 
sunlight to fruit properly but I get a few each year; it grows where it 
sprouted from seed.
When in bloom, it looks like this, though mine has many more branches 
than the on in the pic:
http://www.friendsofeloisebutler.org/generaljpegs/Seasons/landscape/amwildplum300.jpg
The fruit are mostly yellow to orange as shown in this example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidlebovitz/3883906798/