Plums, runes, and promotion

摘要

The plum and prune industries are pushing their way into the next millennium with aggressive promotion. Fruit Grower continues to look at the future of growing in our ongoing millennium series. Little Jack Horner sat in a cornet eating his Christmaspie. He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum ... or was that a dried plum ... or a pluot ... or an aprium? Well, the answer to that question probably depends on where the plum industry (and its variants) heads in the next few years. In this day of technology and advances in plant breeding, researchers are adding all kinds of things into the traditional fruit industry mix.