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    Home » Plums & Pluots » When Does Plum Season Begin (and End)?

    When Does Plum Season Begin (and End)?

    Published: Apr 3, 2012 · Modified: Oct 18, 2023 by Eric Samuelson

    Visions of plums will be dancing in your head after you read all about the deliciousness that is plum season.

    The words "When are Plums in Season? are pictured in a white circle over top a plile of black plums

    When it comes to eating fruit, I love my stone fruit.

    From cherries to peaches to plums, some of the sweetest, tastiest tree grown food on earth are stone fruits. One of the three fruits I mentioned plums are the most unique.

    Most cherry and peach varieties are hard to tell apart. Not the case with plums. T

    hey are so many colors of plums - black, purple, red, yellow, and everything in between. Plums are also the only fruit of those three that I haven't written about when they are in season. So I thought it was about time!

    Since stone fruit is typically only good when it's in season. So you have to know when the season begins and ends.

    When Does Plum Season Generally Run?

    Plums are generally in season somewhere in the United States from the end of May all the way into October. The varieties that have their origins in Japan ripen first, and the European varieties, which we usually refer to as prune plums, ripen later.

    California Plums

    California is the number 1 producer of plums in the United States. They ship plums all over the country, so there is a good chance you are finding California plums in your grocery store. The California plums start to ripen usually in late May. The season goes until around the start of September.

    Here are when some of the most popular varieties are in season:

    Black Nectarlate May
    Santa Rosamid to late June
    Owen Tearly to mid July
    Emerald Beautmid to late August
    Green GageAugust
    Angelenolate August

    Michigan Plums

    My home state of Michigan ranks 4th in plum production. Michigan grows more of the European style prune plums like the Stanley variety but you can also find the Japanese varieties grown in the state. Stanley plums are available right around the start of apple season in September.

    Plums in the Winter

    Because we import a lot of fruit in this country, you can find plums in the store year round. The plums you tend to find in the winter are from Chile. I typically shy away from fruit grown half a world away, but this past winter, I tried some lemon plums that were grown in Chile and they were delicious.

    Flavor Grenade Pluots are piled together on a store display
    Flavor Grenade Pluots

    What about Pluots or Plumcot?

    A pluots, also called a plumcot is a combination apricot and plum, with plum being more dominant. These were developed more recently and have become quite popular. The peak season for pluots is around the end of summer.

    A guy named Chip Brantley wrote a fascinating read on pluots called The Perfect Fruit. It will get your mouth watering.

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    An infographic displaying informtion bout the plum season from the beginning to the end of the season.
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    1. Wellness Expert

      April 04, 2012 at 1:52 am

      Wow I also like plums! It also contains health benefits like cleansing of our intestine, helping keep a healthy heart, maintaining blood sugar levels,etc., am I right? My friend told me that the plum season varies depending on the country and climate in which they are grown, but can take in a distance anywhere from mid-May to early October, but I am not sure. Thanks for posting this!

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