Prune plums are only so-so for eating out of hand, too, not quite sweet and no gush of juice. But prune plums are the best for cooking. They're freestones, making them easy to work with.

Varieties include and ' Golden Drop.' The 'Lombard' is large, oval, red or pink. Varieties include 'Victoria,' 'Lombard' and 'Pond. Article continues below this ad ...

But tomato varieties within the plum category do have differences, so here's a brief look at two of them: San Marzanos and Romas. San Marzanos are considered royalty in the plum-tomato kingdom.

With more than 100 varieties grown in the United States, and about 50 in Northern California, plums may be the most varied of all fruit.

Varieties of Japanese plum fruits are yellow or light red, but never purple-blue. Japanese plums will produce better crops when cross-pollinated. In my garden, I have an Elephant Heart and a Santa ...

Most, but not all, plum varieties need a nearby pollinator tree — a buddy tree — without whom they will not fruit. Ideally, that buddy should live within 50 feet of the tree it’s pollinating.

Plums are a type of small fruit that comes in many different varieties. In the United States, over 140 different types of plums are available.

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 ...