Prune juice has been a rather popular remedy for constipation, but its benefits are much beyond the bathroom. Derived from dried plums, the juice is a healthy source of nutrition and has a host of ...

Prune plums -- or Empress plums -- are a European plum noticeably different than other plums in the market distinguished by their smaller size, and oval rather than round shape.

Italian prune plums, typically available during summer’s dwindling weeks through the very beginning of fall (meaning now!), have a firm, barely sweet flesh with a slightly tart skin.

If you’re like me, then you have many childhood summer memories — towering cones of swirled soft-serve ice cream, ice-cold Creamsicles and pucker-inducing fresh Italian prune plums. OK, maybe ...

In a new study, women who ate four to six prunes a day were able to maintain their bone density and bone strength during the ...

Italian prune plums are great in sweet or savory dishes, desserts such as compotes and cakes and for their juice. With the arrival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, ...

Plums, when young, can be pruned to shape in spring; once established, you just need to prune plums in summer in dry weather to remove diseased, dead or crossing branches.

Prune fruit trees in August, but don’t get carried away . Originally published August 9, 2017 at 7:00 am. Summertime is cutting time, especially for cherry, peach, nectarine and Japanese plum ...