Beach plums are usually seen growing wild all around the shore of the oceans. They have few enemies and little interest to most animals. I would think that cherries would entice birds much more. The beach plums do make great jelly.

Robert, did you ever find any? The ones at Hick's didn't freeze. They're all over the place, but they're not completely ripe yet. Some of them are still green. There's a patch next to the road after you pass the Christian camp (coming from the south). It's after the parking area to cross over the railroad tracks, and before the little turnoff to go to the silo that's right there. I didn't get out because I'd have to park at one of those spots and walk since it's kind of in the middle of both, but they're red. Once you've turned on to the Hicks road, at the top of the hill where the dike road is, there are some right there. And those continue on all along where the water's edge should be. http://s13.postimg.org/ylwlhak5z/image.jpg And then there's a huge patch above the main beach area there. I picked like 8 pounds yesterday, so you may wait a few days to let some more ripen if you still want some. Leslie This post was edited by lat0403 on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 11:06

Generally it is in June, but the last couple of years they've ripened in May here, likely due to an earlier than usual winter/early spring warm-up, earlier than usual bloom set and warm spring weather. This year some of them were ready in May and some of them as late as July. It was just bizarre and while the native trees differ since they're not genetic clones of one another, I don't remember such spotty on-and-off ripening in prior years. We'll blame it on the heat. Paula (P-Mac) picks plums in either June most years and she probably can tell you exactly when. I do think in one recent year she had them in May as well. They all were uniformly early, whether native plums or purchased commercial varieties. You cannot judge the typical plum ripening dates by this year. The plums I grow ripened a little more than a month early this year because we warmed up early, stayed warm and didn't have any late freezes setting them back. Chiggers. Chiggers. Chiggers. Chiggers. Chiggers. If you dab the bites with hydrogen peroxide when they start itching, it takes the itch right out. Dawn

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