We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you are a fan of growing tasty fruits, plums should definitely be on your list. Plums are not just tasty; they are also incredibly healthy.

HANFORD, Calif. — Combining the high sugar and flavor of cherries with the larger fruit size and extended season of plums has been a longstanding dream for fruit breeders, but such crosses are ...

Name a fruit that grows on trees in backyards across the region. Chances are you said apple, which is the most common tree fruit in the Upper Midwest. While apples enjoy the limelight, plums are often ...

The Santa Rosa plums on the tree near my window have started to ripen, filling my room with their fruity bouquet. The crimson-purple Santa Rosa is a plum with more personality than many of us are used ...

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 ...

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.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If peaches are pointless because frost nips them in the bud and apples are often spoiled by coddling moth, try a tree that gives you fruit that’s just plum ...