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The red-brown wood is used in fine cabinetry. The fruit, which ripens in August and September in the Northern Hemisphere, is a popular seasonal table fruit. It is also used for making prunes. Prune plums hold their form well at oven temperatures and are much used in baking, [7] for example in tarts such as quetschentaart and zwetschgenkuchen.
Prunus cocomilia is a species of plum commonly called Italian plum. [2] It is native to Albania , Croatia , Greece , southern Italy (including Sicily ), Montenegro , North Macedonia , Serbia , and western Turkey .
Plums are grown commercially in orchards, but modern rootstocks, together with self-fertile strains, training and pruning methods, allow single plums to be grown in relatively small spaces. Their early flowering and fruiting means that they require a sheltered spot away from frosts and cold winds.
Prune, a dried plum. In some parts of Europe, European plum (Prunus domestica) is also common in fresh fruit market. It has both dessert (eating) or culinary (cooking) cultivars, which include: Damson (purple or black skin, green flesh, clingstone, astringent) Prune plum (usually oval, freestone, sweet, fresh eaten or used to make prunes)
Plum & Hazelnut Pie. My mom taught me about Italian prune plums and pie. I sprinkle the crust with ground hazelnuts for luscious flavor and to keep it from getting soggy. —Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho
A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (Prunus domestica) tree. Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. [ 3 ] A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of Prunus domestica varieties that have a high soluble solids content, and do not ferment during drying . [ 4 ]
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Put first six ingredients in a big bowl and mix until fruit is well coated. Place the fruit mixture in an unbaked pie shell and dot with little pieces of butter.
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...