- Skin
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- Season
Prunus domestica
Plum.
Plums, gages and damsons.
A tasting collection.
Six varieties.
A personal tasting list.

The collection
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Skin colours are illustrative; individual fruit varies.
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Field
notes.
A plum, a gage, a damson
Gages tend to be small, round and sweet. Damsons lean tart and work well in preserves. The variety matters more than the colour.
RHS cultivar guide ↗For the preserving shelf
European plums are useful fresh, dried or canned. Different varieties suit different preparations; use a tested recipe for preserving.
Oregon State Extension ↗A season has a place
Harvest dates depend on climate and growing conditions. The collection keeps the source region beside each season.
University of Minnesota Extension ↗