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Plum occupies one of the highest ratings among horticultural crops in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Although Asia is considered to be her homeland, she feels great in many regions of the Russian Federation.
There are more than 250 of its main types, and no one even tried to count how many subspecies. The plum should grow in the garden, on every garden plot. There are many reasons for this.
The unpretentiousness of the tree to climatic conditions
The habit of considering the plum as thermophilic has long outlived its usefulness. Nowadays, many winter-hardy varieties have been bred, resistant to diseases and unfavorable weather conditions, with excellent taste. This fruit tree is widespread all over the world, it takes root well on any soil.
Fast fruiting
If the tree is well looked after and the branches are cut correctly, it begins to bear fruit as early as 4-5 years of age. Usually, its fruiting period is 25-30 years. Low-growing forms of plums give the first harvest from the second year after planting.
Yield
The plum tree, unlike pears and apples, does not suffer from an annual cycle. It produces crops every year. It is the most productive crop among pitted fruit trees. From a ten-year-old plum, 80-100 kilograms of fresh fruit can be harvested; younger trees yield 50 kilograms of berries per year.
Maturity dates
Different varieties ripen at a specific time for them. So by the middle of July the early Renklode variety ripens. 10-15 days after it, Renklod Karbysheva is poured with ripeness. In another half a month Renclaude Altana.
In September, various varieties of Hungarian ripen with a frequency of 5-10 days. On each of the trees, plums ripen not simultaneously, but gradually over the course of a month, which makes it possible to feast on fresh fruits for a long time.
The healing properties of the fruit tree
Plums are eaten fresh, they are made of sweets, sweet-sour dried fruits, in the summer they are used to prepare compotes, which are drunk and closed for the winter. Delicious jams and preserves are cooked from the berries, and put in the freezer raw. Plum thawed in winter is not much different from fresh one, retaining all vitamins, reminding the taste of summer.
People have known about the healing properties of berries for a long time. Even the English Queen Elizabeth II began her day with a plum dessert. Plum has a beneficial effect on the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improving its peristalsis, and rejuvenating the cardiovascular system.
Both fresh and dried, it has a beneficial effect on gastroenteritis in children, relieves constipation, from spasm in the bronchi with allergic reactions. The fruits of the plum tree stimulate appetite by increasing the production of digestive juice, and remove bad cholesterol from the body.
Not only plum fruits have healing properties, but even its leaves. Their decoctions help to lower body temperature in case of respiratory viral diseases. From the leaves, which have a complex of vitamin and mineral substances, delicious tea is brewed, healing ointments and infusions are made.
Plum is a real decoration of any orchard, it has a whole range of healing properties for the body.
