Plums are fruits of the genus Prunus, which includes apricots, peaches, cherries, nectarines, and almonds. They all belong to the Rosaceae family, along with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, quinces, apples, pears, and ornamental trees and shrubs (such as roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns). There are between 19 to 40 species of plums, although only two species, the European plum […]