It's new at the Hermosa Beach Farmers Market at any rate. Cherry Plums are the name and they are quite tasty.
They look like cherries on steroids - same glossy skin, round plumpness, but bigger than your average cherry. One writer said "the size of a ping pong ball." They have a small pit and sometimes a short dainty stem like a cherry from when they were picked.
The first taste is cherry with a back (and dominating) taste of plum. I think the plum flavor comes mainly from the skin myself. The fruit's texture is that of a plum as well.
Applications for them are preserves, jam, wine, pies and served nekkid with cheeses.
Buy a quarter pound and test them out. They are a summer fruit and will still be being sold next week if it turns out that you like them.
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