Plums: An underrated fruit?

About 10 years ago in early September, my wife said she was gonna make a plum pie!
I was like, what ever, I don’t think that’s gonna work but if that’s what you want to do.
And oh my god, it was the best pie I’ve ever had.
She said she just slices them in quarters and puts them in. But the “Brooks” are a larger variety.
We drive over to White Fish every year to get Huckleberries and she makes Huckleberry pie among other things, but I like plum pie more!

I had a Stanley plum growing some forty years ago, and I could not believe how sweet and wonderful those plums were.  Unfortunately, it was diseased and had to come out, but I have decided to try again, and have an Italian prune plum on its way this spring.  Now that I know a bit more about prevention, I hope this one makes it longer than one year of fruiting!

A couple years ago I had some friends over for my birthday.. One friend brought a big overflowing bowl of these beautiful yellow plums. They tasted like honey and sunshine. Was one of my favorite gifts ever. Only downside is they weren't 'freestone', but I may ask for cuttings from the tree, or some pits to grow on in my airprune bed anyway.

I had a tiny baby producing plum tree at my last place I don't know how she was growing fruit, maybe a neighbor had a pollinator nearby. They were yummy and I plan to plant more plum trees this fall at my new place. Thanks for the thread. Satsuma plum I think it was called they grow in warmer areas, I think they are from Japan. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/plum/satsuma-plum-care.htm

Funny how we are on this subject!
This afternoon one of my old neighbors stopped by he moved to the east coast three years ago. He came to the front gate and the first thing that came out of his mouth was “Hey Ed are the plums ripe.” We had a good laugh. And he said he thinks about those plums every August. The best plums he ever had.
Get a Brooks plum tree, your neighbors will thank you for years to come!

Ed Hoffman wrote: And he said he thinks about those plums every August.

I was just thinking about how cruel it is to have everyone talking about delicious plum varieties and yummy recipes and I have to wait until August even though I'm drooling now. 😂

I'm going to go find a rhubarb thread to read instead now. 😉 That is starting to pop up now in my yard.

I’ve learned to be patient!🙂

I'm amazed at all of these plum stories. This is really heartening to hear!

I might need to start a plum grove with all the types everyone is listing.

Dian Green wrote:I love plums but the problems I had were: trying to get pollination partners to match up
The Italian plum was a bit slow getting started but once it got going, it got huge and very productive. I am hoping to put in several of those, here on our new lot.

 
Spring mason bees are the best match for my plums.  They emerge from there holes at the same time as the early blooms.
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