Did you know that plums…

• they were spread by Alexander the Great in the Mediterranean?
• the Chinese symbolizes luck, while plum blossoms are a symbol of courage and a strong personality and beauty and long life?
• they were associated with wisdom in Chinese mythology?
• can vary, as can the size, the size of a cherry to the size of a baseball?
• it exists as more than 140 varieties in the United States?
• bloom in February in Japan?
• Pompey were brought on Roman territory in 65 BC?
• they were part of the menu, who first Thanksgiving in 1621?
• ripe used in cosmetics?
• grow on every continent, except Antarctica?
• they are the second most cultivated fruit in the world after bananas?

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