What are Pluto's fruit?

The pluot is a fruit that combines the plum and the apricot. The pluot is 60 percent plum and includes more than 20 varieties, each with a unique color and flavor. The pluot is a fruit in the prunus genus, which includes apricots, peaches, cherries and almonds.
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Are Pluto's the same as plums?

Pluots /ˈpluːɒt/ are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca. The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.
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Is pluot fruit healthy?

Pluots are excellent sources of vitamins A and vitamin C. Vitamin A can break down into beta-carotene to boost vision, prevent macular degeneration, protect the skin from premature aging, and reduce the risk of specific cancers.
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How do you eat a pluot fruit?

How to eat pluots. Pluots are delicious eaten alone, and they can replace plums, apricots or even cherries in pies, cakes and jam. They are also delicious served as a cooked chutney or sweet sauce with pork, chicken or fish.
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What does pluot taste like?

Pluots display more characteristics of plums than apricots, unlike other crosses that exhibit more apricot than plum, such as plumcots or apriums. Pluots are very sweet and intensely flavorful, with the juicy texture and tangy skin of a plum and the floral flavors of an apricot.
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Do pluots need to be refrigerated?

They continue to ripen after picking and should be stored at room temperature, away from sunlight and heat until they give softly to the touch and have a sweet aroma. Once ripe, refrigerate pluots as necessary to prevent spoiling, but cold temperatures may change their texture and taste.
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Do I refrigerate pluots?

Whole pluots should be stored at room temperature until ripened. Once ripe, the pluots can be kept whole in a bowl in the refrigerator and covered with Glad® Press'n Seal® wrap. Or, to store cut pluots, remove pits and cut fruit into chunks or wedges of desired size.
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Is pluot skin edible?

Pluot are great for out of hand eating. You eat the outer size, no peeling necessary. The pits inside are smaller than peach pits, so there is more fruit to be had.
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What does a ripe pluot look like?

A ripe Pluot should be plump, firm, and fragrant, with rich color. It should give slightly when pressed gently at the stem end. Pluots that aren't quite ripe can be stored at room temperature in a loosely closed paper bag, where they'll ripen in a few days.
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How do you peel pluots?

The first step is to make shallow, X-shaped cuts at the bottom of each plum. This will allow the water to loosen the skins. Then blanch your plums by placing them in the pot of boiling water you have heating on the stove. Let the fruits sit there for a period of no less than 30 seconds and no more than 1 minute.
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Do pluots make you poop?

Aid in Digestion

As with many fruits and vegetables, pluots are a very good source of dietary fiber. Fiber helps to bulk up our stool and facilitate smooth digestion of our food. It can speed up the digestive process, regulate our bowel movements, and keep our gastrointestinal system healthy.
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Are pluots good for weight loss?

Fats. Pluots are a fat-free food, providing zero grams in a single serving. That makes them easy to fit into a low-fat diet or any other eating plan that otherwise restricts fat intake.
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Are pluots and Plumcots the same?

Here's a quick breakdown of the differences: Plumcots are 50-50 crosses between plums and apricots. Apriums are more apricot than plum and tend to have slightly fuzzy skins. Pluots (pronounced plew-oughts) are more plum than apricot and have smooth skin.
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What is a cross between a peach and a plum called?

Peacotum is a peach/apricot/plum hybrid. The current offering in this class, 'Bella Gold' is a home garden cultivar, whose main parent is apricot. There is another interspecific cross that is more peach-like: Tri-Lite, but it lacks apricot in the cross. Pluerry is a hybrid between a cherry and a plum.
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What fruit is a cross between an apple and a plum?

What looks and tastes like a cross between a plum and an apple, but is not a cross between a plum and an apple? It's Plapple. Once you taste the super-juicy, sweet and crisp flesh, you'll agree with us that no other name would work for this special piece of fruit.
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What is a turtle egg fruit?

Round, dark green, and packed with full natural bloom — these are a unique member of the plumcot family. You already know that green means sweet — the Turtle Egg takes that to a whole new level. They will delight your taste buds with flavors of plum, honey, and pineapple. ( from Family Tree Farms)
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What is a dinosaur plum?

The strangely named "pluot®" is a hybrid plant grown from a plum and an apricot. Pluots® are extremely sweet, due to very high sugar levels, and are available in a wide range of varieties. The actual ratio works out to around 70% plum and 30% apricot and they mainly look like plums.
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How many varieties of pluots are there?

Pluots, like plums, will need a pollinator of a different variety for good fruit set. Most will pollinize with another pluot, or certain varieties of plum. There are approximately 20 varieties of pluots. Here is a small list of varieties that are taste-favorites and will cross-pollinate with a Santa Rosa plum.
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Are pluots acidic?

Pluots (pronounced plew-otts) are like plums in flavor and texture, but are sweeter and less acidic.
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Where are pluots grown?

Pluots were developed in California but grow very well in the stonefruit areas of New Zealand – commercially they are grown with plums in the orchards of Hawkes Bay and Central Otago, so you could assume they like cold dry winters and hot dry summers.
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Are nectarines peaches?

Nectarines. Nectarines (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) are a type of peach. They're distinguished by a genetic mutation that gives them smooth skin rather than the characteristic fuzzy skin of peaches.
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What color is a ripe pluot?

Color and Size

Pluots come in a range of colors depending on the variety and may be black, crimson, green, plum or yellow. Ripe pluots may have dappled or streaked skins that vary in color as well. The flesh also ranges from white or yellow to reddish pink.
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Can dogs eat plums?

Plums may be a juicy treat for us, but can our dogs enjoy them or should they stay away? The simple answer: No, dogs really should not eat the sweet and juicy purple fruit. “I do not recommend feeding plums to dogs,” says Dr. Susan Konecny, RN, DVM, and medical director for Best Friends Animal Society®.
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Can plums make you sick?

Plum is possibly safe when used as medicine for up to 12 months. Plum might cause stomach issues like gas and diarrhea. If dried plums or pits are swallowed whole, they might block the intestines.
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