Compared to other fruit trees, growing a plum tree in your yard brings big rewards with relatively little effort. But if there's one task that you cannot skip if you want a plum harvest worth bragging ...

The Agen prune is treated with great respect. In the Lot et Garonne region in southwestern France, there are acres upon acres of the plum tree. The plums are thinned on the trees so that the remaining ...

As you bask in the warmth of the home hearth, look back on the gardening season and consider what you might want to do come spring. Got a question? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online ...

If you notice a small, purplish-green, football-shaped plum in the market sometime during the next couple of weeks, you’ve probably spotted a prune plum. Once common, this plum was a favorite of ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

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Q: We tasted queen plums last fall on a visit to friends living in France and they were unbelievable -- fresh, baked in pastries, as jam. I have never seen this kind of plum here -- it's yellowish ...

Question: It’s October and the peach and plum trees have started to bloom. Should we do needed pruning now or wait until the normal time during winter? Answer: October flowering could mean an early ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley farmers go to great lengths to protect their crop from the intense heat. One strategy to prevent sunburn in fruit calls for growing grass in between rows of a plum ...

Last year I promised my son, Nat, a Mirabelle plum tree for his birthday. By the time I got around to placing the order, the nursery had no Mirabelles and the other varieties we wanted were out of ...