Beautiful! A nice change from the blue lupines of Texas. Kt

Carol, great shot! You captured it well. Valerie, thanks for the info. One never thinks about all the hard work that goes into the making of some things.

Thank you all! I didn't mean to offend anybody here! There is a distinct flavor and texture difference between plum and prune. Plums are more juicy and Clingstone, [the stone is usually attached to the fruit] and not used for drying. Prune need longer season to ripen and are free stone. Also, shape of Plum is round, Prunes are longer to a point both sides. In German Prune is called Zwetschge, Plum is called Pflaume Eric The grower from whom I got the scion wood from called it Empire. Konrad

Thank you all! Have a hard time to post anymore lately, just too busy and sometimes not up to. >>I have a pear tree too. What ya do with all those pears? Most of them have juiced, mixed them a little at the time with apples. Some, still in the frigde for fresh eating, take a couple everyday to work. They keep a long time in the frigde. These pears are called Golden Spice. If you had a dehydrator, slice them in half lengthways first, make sure, they are still fairly firm. Konrad