Plums Poised To Give Blueberries Run For The Money

Plums Poised To Give Blueberries Run For The Money:

"“...blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist.'Stone fruits are super fruits with plums as emerging stars.'

Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after Cisneros and Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches and nectarines and found them to match or exceed the much-touted blueberries in antioxidants and phytonutrients associated with disease prevention."