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The fruit is known under various regional names, including "blue plum", "damask plum", "sugar plum", and "German prune" in
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More than a hundred varieties of prune plums are grown in
Central Europe. Examples include Cacaks Beste, Elena, Hauszwetschge, and Ortenauer.
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The fruit, which ripens in August and
September in the Northern Hemisphere, is a popular seasonal table fruit. It is also used for making
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564:("little zwetschge woman"), with a walnut head, a body of dried figs, and limbs of prunes (dried zwetschgen), is a popular treat.
436:. It grows to 6–10 m in height; older trees have spreading branches. The bark is brownish. The leaf is simple, 4–10 cm long,
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Prune plums hold their form well at oven temperatures and are much used in baking, for example in tarts such as
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Examples of varieties are 'Seneca', 'Stanley', 'Fellenberg',
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Some information in this article is from the corresponding
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486:. They are the sole ingredient in the traditional
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633:fruit dolls at the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
504:. Fermented zwetschgen are distilled to make
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276:fruit is similar to, but distinct from, the
390:(regionally in Germany). These names, like
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803:Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch (German):
430:The prune plum tree is often found in
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460:The red-brown wood is used in fine
779:For example at Specialty Produce:
235:Prunus domestica subsp. oeconomica
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897:Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
844:article on German Knowledge (XXG)
793:http://en.wiktionary.org/Zwetsche
18:Prunus domestica subsp. domestica
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560:("little zwetschge man") or
299:Regional names and etymology
536:Carlsbad (now Karlovy Vary)
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518:(in Austria, Germany, and
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27:Subspecies of edible fruit
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492:jam of Austria and the
767:Sorting Prunus Names:
610:tart, a speciality of
238:(Borkh.) C.K.Schneid.
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446:Northern Hemisphere
665:Prunier Perdrigone
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855:Taxon identifiers
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608:Zwetschgendatschi
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736:References
594:schmootsch
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364:Luxembourg
352:Quetsch(e)
344:Zwetschgen
342:), plural
278:clingstone
261:subspecies
249:prune plum
208:domestica
182:P. d.
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730:'Stanley'
718:Ortenauer
655:Varieties
647:Petroșani
614:, Germany
462:cabinetry
416:dav(d)gna
400:damascena
396:davascena
380:Zwetschke
305:Zwetschge
289:insititia
274:freestone
257:domestica
186:domestica
162:Species:
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414:(Jura),
412:daveigne
404:reflexes
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356:Lorraine
218:Synonyms
144:Rosaceae
140:Family:
111:Eudicots
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532:quetsch
516:zwetsch
502:Silesia
442:blossom
410:, e.g.
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384:Austria
372:Kwetsen
368:Germany
287:subsp.
263:of the
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150:Genus:
134:Rosales
130:Order:
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469:prunes
440:. The
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360:Alsace
348:German
281:damson
272:. The
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155:Prunus
124:Rosids
932:EUNIS
924:5KPHQ
741:Notes
694:Elena
590:quark
450:drupe
376:Dutch
118:Clade
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997:NCBI
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