A PLUM ENGAGEMENT

DAVIDSON’S PLUM IS AN AUSTRALIAN NATIVE UNDERAPPRECIATED NOT JUST FOR ITS FRUIT BUT ALSO FOR ITS ORNAMENTAL VALUE

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I ndigenous Australians call Davidson’s plum ooray — and three cheers for that. I absolutely love them. I love the zing of Davos, as they’re called in my neck of the woods. I love their scintillating taste and their versatility: they can be dried, made into jam or eaten raw if allowed to fully ripen off the tree and ferment in the soil. The First People collected the fruit not from the tree but after it had fallen and this is the practice I follow. Davidson’s plum is something of a throwback. It belongs to the ancient Cunoniaceae family, the origins of which go back to the early Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago. As a result, these trees exhibit some very unusual fruiting habits, from the bunches of fruit that hang like…

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