PLUM

Description

Product features

A plum is a fruit of the subgenus Prunus of the genus Prunus.

Fruits are usually of medium size, between 2 and 7 centimetres in diameter, globose to oval. The flesh is firm and juicy. The fruit’s peel is smooth, with a natural waxy surface that adheres to the flesh. The plum is a drupe, meaning its fleshy fruit surrounds a single hard seed.

The colours can vary a lot, from intense violet to green and the peal colour is not always the same of the inner pulp colour.

The taste of the plum fruit ranges from sweet to tart; the skin itself may be particularly tart.

Varieties and availability

The varieties that we commercialize form Italy and Spain are the sweetest ones, both with red-violet and yellow colour and a more rounder shape: Angeleno, TC Sun, Santa Rosa and more.

With the succession and exchange of this varieties the fruit is available to the sale from mid-May to mid-June, in July and August and from mid-September to mid-October.

Packaging

We commercialize the product loose or laid in cardboard boxes.