PICKING PRUNE TO MAKE COMPOTE (プルーン収穫してコンポート作り)

There is a prune tree in the bluebell garden,
which is presumed to have grown from seed because we didn't plant it.
It had begun to bear fruits about five years ago,
and it bore more than 80 fruits this year.
We picked fruits and made compote. 

ブルーベルの庭にプルーンの木があります
植えた覚えはなく、自然に種から育ったようです
5年ほど前に実をつけだして
今年は80個以上つき、一部は
収穫してコンポートを作りました

Picking fruits using a special tool.
専用道具を使って収穫

A special tool was made with a fishing rod and a net.
専用道具は釣竿とネットで出来ています.

Removed seeds
取り除いた種

Almost finished conpote
コンポートの出来上がり

Prune compote was made with red wine and sugar.
赤ワインとお砂糖で作ったコンポート

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PRUNE COMPOTE & BLUEBERRY JAM (プルーンのコンポートとブルーベリージャム)

This morning, we harvested prune and blueberry. 

Marple made prune compote and blueberry jam in the afternoon. 

She made prune compote for the first time in two years, 

and this was the fourth time for her to make blueberry jam this season. 

I helped to put them into jars and to try them. 

They tasted so good with vanilla ice cream. 

今朝はプルーンとブルーベリーの収穫

午後、家内はプルーンのコンポートとブルーベリーのジャム作り

プルーンのコンポートは2年ぶり、

ブルーベリージャムは今年4回目

私は瓶詰めと試食を手伝いました

バニラアイスと一緒に美味しくいただきました

Three jars of compote and eight jars of jam
コンポートが瓶3個、ジャムが瓶8個

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PRUNES

Yesterday I harvested 1 kg prunes.
     Marple was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon, and she made prune and red wine compote.

     We have two prune trees in our garden.  We planted one besides plum trees at the beginning of the garden.  Another one has grown spontaneously, and when I found the tree about eight years ago, I didn't know what it was.  The tree we planted bore the first few fruit last year.

     This April, both trees flowered at the same time, and the flowers were so similar, and therefore, I thought they were the same trees and I pollinated them.  This unknown tree bore many prunes for the first time after several weeks, and it proved to be a prune tree.
It is mystery where this prune come from.  Nobody planted it. Someone might have thrown a seed after eating it raw.

     Prune is a tall deciduous tree of the rose family, a species of plum. Among these species, especially those which have fruits that are purplish-colored and edible as dry fruit in particular, are called 'Prune'.
Prune tree exceeds a height of 5meters, has a beautiful spread of branches and white flowers resembling those of the plum trees. Prune is said not to self-pollinate, and bears fruit with bees acting as intermediaries. I pollinated them and that may be why they came into bearing for the first time this year.

A spontaneously grown prune tree.  

Marple made prune compote with red wine.

I tasted it immediately with vanilla ice cream.  That's fantastic!