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Notice the different shapes and sizes and the degree of ripeness. It is because those are many different varieties. It has plouts, plums and some European species of plums.

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they look so yummy

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Wow, that tree is loaded!:woohoonaner:

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Thanks MsKitty and Dean

Now that I got your attention, please tell me how I can make preserve jelly out of them or canned them or how I can preserve them to use during the winter months.
All I know is to eat them fresh and give the leftover to friends.
It would be nice if I can make them into wine too!
I also have Fuji apples coming up and Fuyo persimmons that I can tell I will have bushels to harvest.

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Benny, I don't know how to can or make preserves. Maybe mskitty can help you with that one. :ha:

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Dean:
How thoughtless I can be. I just went to Google after reading your post and there I have all the menus I need.

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Great!!!:woohoonaner:

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benny go to your fav grocery store and pick up a couple boxes of sure jell. get the one in the pink box. the instructions are what i use to do my jams. but i dont do the water bath process. put your flat lids in a pan of water and put them on med-lo to med heat. this allows the sealing process after the jar is filed.....after you ladel your mixture into the jars, make sure the mouth and the threads of the jars are clean( wipe them off with a hot wet clean dish towel.) take a flat lid and put one on each of the jars you have filled(you have to do this quickly) and seal it with the screw on lid. put a towel on the counter and place your jars on it upside down( the lid part will be on the bottom) cover your jars with the remaining part of the towel...and wait. when you hear the popping noise your jars are sealed, wipe the jars off( i get jam all over the ouside of the jars) and keep them in a dry dark place after they cool. most jams and jellies will last up to a year. if you press on the middle of the flat lid and it didnt seal then i would use the waterbath method. sorry it took so long to post this.

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btw...the strawberry jam recipe in the sure jell box makes 4 and 1/2 pints of jam.:waving:. i just got mine done...now i have ot go to my moms and get my peaches...peach jam...yummy! and next week i might do some spiced plum jam.

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With all of this jellies and jams, all this reminds me of the Tom Jones song that goes - " Ohhhh, sugar, sugar, ohhh, honey, honey. . . . ." Just hope, nobody's on a diet!

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WOW Benny!! Those look great!!!

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i use the low sugar recipe. lol!

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Thanks Mskitty for a very informative cooking instructions. I'll try to get them as soon as I can.
And thanks Lynn for your nice compliment.

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I was looking at my pictures in the past and I saw this.


I grew this at one point in time.
Satsuma mandarin

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Looks alot like your avatar. Are you not growing them now?

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Yes. But it was not as prolific as that one. Also I planted both to the ground a year ago.
My Avatar was a Washington Navel which is over 6 feet now and I harvest fruits every year. Since planted on the ground both don't fruit as many.

Here's my avatar picture:

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Satsuma plum as mother host and green gage plum as grafted tree

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Wow, I didn't think a tree could have that much fruit.