Landing a plum role
Jan 02, 2020
3 minutes
Mark Diacono
EVERY time I eat a plum, I look at the stone and marvel. Its markings are unique to its variety and I have no idea why—surely, there can’t be a reason?—but I love that they carry a fruity fingerprint.
When the , Henry VIII’s flagship, was raised after half a millennium submerged, we were able to confirm that there had been more than 100 varieties of plum on board. One hundred! How the
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