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2 unusual facts about plum


Date-plum

Its English name probably derives from Persian Khormaloo خرمالو literally "Date-Plum", referring to the taste of this fruit which is reminiscent of both plums and dates.

Logans Ferry Mine Tunnel

The Logans Ferry Mine Tunnel consists of a pair of abandoned coal tunnels under the Allegheny River between Plum and Springdale, Pennsylvania in the United States.


Anna Podlesnaya

Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Pas de deux and Giselle (Giselle), Princess Florina and Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Phrygia (Spartacus), Seventh and Eleventh Waltzes (Les Sylphides).

Brasserie Thiriez

These have included a Plum Ale and various brews made or labeled for special events or institutions, such as La Bénache, made for the Musée de la Vie Rurale in the town of Steenwerck.

C. macrocarpa

Carissa macrocarpa, the Natal plum, a shrub native to South Africa

Cephalotaxus harringtonii

The Japanese plum yew was first considered to be a yew when it was partially described by Thomas Andrew Knight in 1839 and as such was named Taxus harringtonii.

Charles Mason Hovey

Hovey collected cultivars of pear, apple, plum and grape, also cultivating florist and ornamental plants, with a particular fondness for Camellia and Chrysanthemum.

Cheswick, Pennsylvania

Cheswick is bordered by Acmetonia in Harmar Township on the west, by Springdale Township on the north, by Springdale Borough on the east, and by Plum Borough on the south (across the Allegheny River).

Chinese Cultural Garden

Features include an ornamental Friendship Gate, the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, the Chiang Kai-shek Pavilion, a large statue of Confucius, the Plum Pavilion, a sundial, and a carved, 15 ton black marble stone, mined and shipped from the Republic of China (Taiwan), donated by Tainan, one of San Jose's sister cities.

Cincinnati Fire Museum

The fire museum is housed in a restored 1907 firehouse, the Court Street Firehouse at 315 West Court Street (near Plum Street in Downtown Cincinnati).

Curanipe

Curanipe (in mapudungun: "plum tree that grows in the rock") is a town and seat of the municipality of Pelluhue, Province of Cauquenes, in VII Maule Region of Chile.

David Schweikert

In December 2012, Schweikert learned from news reports that he was going to lose his seat on the Committee on Financial Services for the 113th United States Congress; he joined Justin Amash of Michigan and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas in a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, demanding to know why they had lost their "plum" committee posts.

Denver Champions of Golf

It was played in Denver, Colorado, USA, at the Pinehurst Country Club (1982), at the Green Gables Country Club (1983), and in Castle Rock at the TPC at Plum Creek (1984–1987).

Erina Takahashi

Cinderella, Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Giselle (Giselle), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy, (The Nutcracker), The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen), Princess Aurora, Princess Florine and the Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty), The Chosen One (Rite of Spring), Manon (Manon).

Fred Plum

Using the limited clinical tools available at the time, Plum developed guidelines to help determine how to best treat comatose patients, writing The Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma in 1966, together with his longtime research partner Dr. Jerome B. Posner, a work described by neurologist Marcus E. Raichle as having "put stupor and coma on the map as an important consideration in neurology".

Gusty Spence

Flanked by his PUP colleagues Jim McDonald and William "Plum" Smith, as well as Ulster Democratic Party members Gary McMichael, John White and Davy Adams, Spence read out the statement from Fernhill a former Cunningham family home on their former Glencairn estate in Belfast's Glencairn area, an important training centre for members of Edward Carson's original Ulster Volunteers.

Kawaguchi Green Center

The garden was established in 1967, and contains fountains, plum trees, and topiary pieces, as well as greenhouses with collections including banana, bougainvillea, lotus (Nymphaea), orchids, and succulent plants.

Lichtrouten Luedenscheid

Participating artists are Juergen Albrecht, Refik Anadol, Atsara, Cuppetelli and Mendoza, Christoph Girardet, Hartung and Trenz, Dieter Kiessling, Vollrad Kutscher, Justin Lui, Jakob Mattner, László Moholy-Nagy, Klaus Obermaier, Otto Piene, Rainer Plum, Davide Quayola, Diana Ramaekers, Nicolas Schöffer, Robert Sochacki, Max Sudhues und Amy Youngs.

Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival

Most were introduced by special guests, such as comic veteran writer Marty Nadler, entomologist Paul Goldstein, Adam Brown, New York Times correspondent and Middle East expert Steven Kinzer, filmmaker and Vineyard resident, Victoria Campbell, author Kate Feiffer, local NPR host Mindy Todd, and Plum TV host Sissy Biggers.

Masally District

There are broad-leaved forests of Girkan type-chestnut-leaved oak, hornbeam, beech, Persian ironwood tree, Girkan boxwood, Caucasian persimmon, medlar and others in the mountainous part of the district.

Moonshine by country

The plum moonshine made in area of Łącko (Southern Poland) called Łącka Śliwowica gained nationwide fame, with tourists travelling long distances to buy one or two bottles of this strong liquor.

National Chambal Sanctuary

Common plants in the sanctuary include Khair (Mimosa catechu Acacia catechu), Palash (Flame of the Forest Butea monosperma), Churel (Indian Elm Tree Holoptelia integrifolia), Ber (Indian Plum Ziziphus mauritiana) and Grassy patches on both sides of the river.

Navassa Island

The island is covered in a forest of just four tree species: short-leaf fig (Ficus populnea var. brevifolia), pigeon plum (Coccoloba diversifolia), mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum), and poisonwood (Metopium brownei).

One Plum Blossom

One Plum Blossom (一剪梅) (1984) is a 25 episodes popular TV series shown on China Television starring Shen Hai-jung (沈海蓉) and Kou Shih-hsiun (寇世勳).

Oregon Nursery Company

It was well known enough that Luther Burbank chose the company to propagate his Maynard plum and introduce it into the market.

P. americana

Prunus americana, the wild plum, common wild plum, American plum, Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, a plant species found in the United States

P. maritima

Prunus maritima, the beach plum, a tree species native to the Atlantic coast of North America

P. mexicana

Prunus mexicana, the Mexican plum, a tree species found in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States as well as Northern Mexico

Paul Koehler

In the music video for "Smile in Your Sleep" on the Discovering the Waterfront album, Koehler played Professor Plum for the game Clue, where he is seen holding the rope in the billiard room and then later holding a candle stick in the conservatory.

Plum Baby

The Taplow based Plum Baby was founded in 2004 by Susie Willis.

Plum Lake, Wisconsin

The western section runs west from Sayner serving Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest campgrounds and recreation areas at Crystal Lake, Plum Lake, and Firefly Lake before meeting CTH M and eventually USH 51.

Plum Lake is served by one Wisconsin State Highway and several Vilas County Trunk Highways.

Plum pox

In the fall of 1999, plum pox strain PPV-D was detected in an Adams County, Pennsylvania orchard.

Prunus salicina

Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a lot or work to hybridizing this species with the Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) and developed a number of cultivars from the hybrid.

Prunus simonii

Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a lot of work to hybridizing this species with the Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) and developed a number of cultivars from the hybrid.

Rideau Lakes, Ontario

Rideau Lakes contains many villages and hamlets, including Chaffeys Lock, Chantry, Crosby, Daytown, Delta, Elgin, Forfar, Freeland, Harlem, Jones Falls, Lombardy, Morton, Newboro, Newboyne, Phillipsville, Plum Hollow, Portland, Rideau Ferry, and Scotch Point.

Rory Flack

She co-starred as the Sugar Plum Fairy alongside Olympic Champions Oksana Baiul and Brian Boitano.

Royal Delta

On August 20, 2011, Royal Delta scored a five and a half length victory in the $500,000 grade one Alabama Stakes, avenging her loss to Plum Pretty and It's Tricky from a month earlier.

Sansabelt

In the "Janet Evanovich" book, Plum Lucky, "Stephanie Plum", as the narrator states "They were middle-aged thugs, dressed in bowling shirts and Sansabelt slacks. Their hair was slicked back. Their shoes were scuffed and run down at the heel. Their guns weren’t as big as ours."

Slivovitz

Some of the most famous people who tasted the Troyan plum brandy are Pope John Paul II and the former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Spondias

They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or large plum at a casual glance.

Syneta albida

It feeds on the leaves of various deciduous trees: Quince (Cydonia), plum (Prunus), pear (Pyrus) and currant (Ribes).

Tequesta

The Tequesta gathered many plant foods, including saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) berries, cocoplums (Chrysobalanus icaco), sea grapes (Coccoloba uvifera), prickly pear (nopal) fruits (Opuntia spp.), gopher apples (Licania micbauxii), pigeon plums (Cocoloba diversifolia), palm nuts, false mastic seeds, cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto), and hog plum (Ximenia americana).

The Plum

The plum may be a reference to the woman's sexuality, as the fruit was used in James Joyce's Ulysses.

Valjevo Airport

The products are, first of all, raspberries, plum and other fruit, of which price is multiplied if the fresh fruit reaches buyers - Jordan Tanasković, manager of company "Aerodrom" from Valjevo, explains.

Wicked Appetite

Carl the monkey was introduced in Fearless Fourteen humping Brenda's hair, and was featured in Plum Spooky.

Yellow plum

Mirabelle plum, a yellow variety of plum associated with Lorraine in France


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