Erik - Turkish plum

Back in Spring time we had a tree full of beautiful blossoms right outside our bedroom window ... and Ali told us he thought it might be a peach tree. We were looking forward to that!




Well, they're not peaches. Plums. Turkish plums. They look a bit like Greengage plums here, though, don't they?

Here, let me reach out and pick you a few.



Yeah, they are really tiny.

And tart? Oh, yes! You don't fill your mouth with these - and they do have a hard little stone inside just like normal plums.

But people love them. The students have removed all the plums off the lower branches, as high as they can reach. And you can buy them by the kilo in fruit shops. And some restaurants serve them as a treat at the end of the meal.