Junkfood

At the Market Basket there were some fruit called Pluots which I had never heard of before, so I decided to try some. It turns out that Pluot is a trademark for a patented fruit owned by a company called Zaiger's Genetics. It was created as a hybrid between a plum and an apricot. As I understand it, when you cross a plum and an apricot, you get a fruit called a Plumcot. When you cross a Plumcot with a plum, you get the Pluot. And, when you cross a Plumcot with an apricot, you get another trademark fruit called Aprium. (My descriptions are just an approximation and are not 100% scientifically accurate.)

I'm not sure what variety I bought (there are quite a few), but my Pluots looked like large, purple plums. The flesh was firm, and the pit was small and came out of the fruit readily. It was very sweet and tasty, with only a bit of sourness near the skin. I recommend this fruit over regular plums.