Description: Plums have a plump, round shape with a depression at the top where the stem attached. Plum skin is very smooth and shiny, and can be red, purple, or yellow.
Availability: Summer
Facts: Plums are hard-pitted fruits like peaches, nectarines, cherries, and apricots. About 12 plum species are cultivated throughout temperate regions for their fruit and as flowering ornamentals. The common European plum has been cultivated since ancient times and originated near the Caspian Sea. It was introduced into North America, probably by the Pilgrims, and is now mostly cultivated in the western United States, California in particular.
Serving Size = 1 CUP 
Selection: Choose plump plums with smooth skins. Avoid bruises and soft spots.
Storage: Store unripe plums in paper bag until ripe. Refrigerate ripe plums.
Nutrition Benefits: Fat free; saturated fat free; sodium free; cholesterol free; good source of vitamin C.
Pigments: anthocyanins, beta-carotene
Phytochemicals: chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic, malic acid
ORAC Score: 949
Reprinted with the permission of the Defeat Diabetes Foundation.
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