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| silvervz 2005-10-27, 6:44 pm |
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>In N. Calif's. Wine Country (formerly prune country), where I was born and raised, a "redneck" was anyone whose neck turned red from working out in the sun. Especially if you were picking prunes or grapes with
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Ah....someone else who was born and raised in this area so knows, too,
that there are such things as "prune trees". I grew up in San Jose (actually
Cupertino) which was the heart of the Prune Capitol of the World! Not
anymore because the Apple Computer compound took over Cupertino
and technology took over this whole area!
I've had more arguments with people over the existence of "prune trees"
especially since Webster's Dictionary, and now the Innernet, have it
wrong. But I remember all the orchards and the laborers coming out to
pick them!
The funny part....I hate processed prunes but love to eat the fresh ones
off the tree but I can't find them anymore.
Silver
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silvervz wrote:
> The funny part....I hate processed prunes but love to eat the fresh ones
> off the tree but I can't find them anymore.
ok, i'm confused...i didn't grow up inthe area (obviously, no doubt!),
but i'd always thought that prunes were dried plums -- there are
actually *prune* trees, as opposed to *plum* trees?
rose, who loves plums, doesn't care for prunes a'tall....
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| GT Tick 2005-10-29, 11:39 am |
| Rose: I thought at first Silver had been sniffin' burlap again but my
curiosity was roused so I went searching. Now I picture her flitting
from tree to tree like a little bee justa buzzin'. With her Ipod
blaring The Electric Prune all the while. Now that'll move ya. <Nyuk,
nyuk, nyuk.>
This from the Organicprune.com:
By definition, a prune is a dried plum.=A0 All prunes are plums, but not
all plums are prunes.=A0 Prunes can be dried without fermenting while
still containing the pits. =A0 This is not true of other varieties of
plums.=A0 It should be noted that when we plant an orchard, we plant a
prune orchard.
=A0=A0=A0
The first prune trees in America are reported to be planted in the Santa
Clara Valley of California in 1856.=A0 The original prune graft came
from D'Agan root stock from France. =A0 Today the D'Agen prune has come
to be known as the California French Prune, and constitutes about 99% of
the states production.=A0 Most of the production lies in the Sacramento
Valley.=A0 Here, the rich valley soil, the climate, and the abundant
water supply, are ideal growing conditions and result in high quality
prunes.
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