Prunes Drying on the Tree 



A plum that has a sugar content sufficiently high to cause 

 it to dry without decaying is legitimately called a prune. The 

 one here shown appears to have that characteristic. But there is an- 

 other quality which a good commercial prune must have it 

 must drop from the tree when ripe. So the clinging 

 propensity of the prunes here shown is a fault that 

 bars this particular variety from popularity. 



