"Wild plum" Quotes from Famous Books
... the East chew the fruit of Elate sylvestris, (which is something like a wild plum), in the same manner as the areca nut, with the leaf of the ... — The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds
... nearly all stone fruits. Its natural food plant is probably the native wild plum, and the plum continues to be its favorite food, consequently this fruit suffers most from the attacks of the insect. In years of short crops very little fruit remains on the tree to ripen. But peaches, apricots and cherries also suffer heavily, ... — Checking the Waste - A Study in Conservation • Mary Huston Gregory |