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Alan, I don’t feel at all combative. I’m a word
guy. I think to the general public prune means dried plum. I think,
as I said at first and all along, that some people also use it to mean fresh
plums that can dry whole without fermenting. I think such users commonly
identify such plums by their shape and firmness. You asked for
references, and I sent them. Like I said, I like words, and researching
usage is pleasurable. I believe our state produces more French prunes than Japanese plums,
although I don’t think that’s linguistically relevant. The
growers of the two varieties of fresh crops call themselves prune or plum
growers to differentiate themselves. The products are priced and
processed differently, and growers of each work with different coops, sellers,
and processors. Hereabouts, I usually see fresh Japanese plums labeled plums or
labeled by variety, and elongated European prune-plums called prunes or fresh
prunes. Most people commonly seem to call fresh plums of any type plums,
and dried ones prunes. I’m a little more aggie than most, and am
one of the large minority that call fresh prunes prunes. Wasn’t the question just whether the word prune is ever
used to mean a fresh plum? Clearly, it is. ~ Stephen From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan Haigh To Stephan and anyone else still interested in this
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