PLUM TREE
The plum is a fruit with sweet taste and nice aroma. It is the fruit of plum. He belongs to the genus Prunus, along with peaches and mirabelles.
An oval or elliptical and color dark blue or purple when mature. It is eaten as fresh fruit or dried without altering nutritional values. Made jam, juice and used in confectionery. The fruit for drying are harvested when they are ripe. Then placed in special furnaces at a temperature of 65-90 degrees Celsius.
The plum is rich in vitamin C. It also contains vitamin A, calcium, cellulose and magnesium.
China is the world leader in production of prunes. Followed by Romania, the USA and Serbia. In Greece, organized plum cultivation is limited and is mainly in the northern part of the country: in Thessaly and Macedonia. The plum is also typical product of Skopelos
