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Mirabelle plum during the popular Mirabelle Festival held in August. During the festival, in addition to open markets selling fresh prunes, mirabelle tarts, and mirabelle liquor, there is live music, fireworks, parties, art exhibits, a parade with floral floats and
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The mirabelle reaches maturity and is harvested from July to mid-September in the
Northern Hemisphere. The traditional method of shaking the trees is now mechanized, but the principle remains the same: the ripe fruits are shaken loose and collected in a net under the tree.
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Mirabelle Queen and a gala of celebration.
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The following cultivars are considered part of the
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grown for fruit production, derived from cherry plums grown in
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This article is about the plum. For the given name, see
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60:Blossom of Mirabelle plum in detail
842:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447083-2
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392:Protected Geographical Indication
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724:Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca
472:"Mirabelle season in Lorraine"
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503:Bon Appetit
281:Description
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1001:Categories
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481:31 October
456:31 October
414:References
364:region of
312:eau de vie
158:Subgenus:
869:Q50858752
659:yedoensis
630:dasycarpa
601:Nectaplum
596:Mirabelle
591:Greengage
373:cultivars
322:Cultivars
182:Species:
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665:Victoria
620:'Climax'
606:Peacotum
366:Lorraine
350:Longest
275:Anatolia
137:Rosaceae
132:Family:
101:Eudicots
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709:Q149741
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559:Hybrid
509:22 July
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125:Rosales
120:Order:
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563:Prunus
362:French
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