beach plums
Seaside shrub fruit
Beach plums are small, tart fruits that grow wild on shrubs along the Atlantic coast of North America.
Too sour to eat raw, they're prized for making jam, jelly, and wine.
The shrubs themselves tolerate salt spray and sandy soil, making them fixtures of dunes and coastal landscapes: The beach plum bushes were heavy with fruit this year.
- drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit
- preservesCooked fruit in sugar
- fruit preservesSugar-cooked fruit for storage
- harvestsCollects mature crops
- shrubSmall woody plant
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