1.   We gorged ourselves on ripe plums.

2.   European versions of Bill Gates fall from the trees like ripe plums.

3.   It has the chin-dripping juiciness of a fully ripe plum without the notoriously tough skin and tart center typical of the parent fruit.

4.   Lively blackberry and ripe plum flavors, soft texture, hints of black pepper and anise.

5.   Nebbiolo has an unusual but pleasing nose of ripe plums, violets and anise, with fresh fruit flavors, sometimes with a trace of chocolate.

6.   Not a cloying sweetness but a round, fresh sweetness like that of a ripe plum.

7.   When pressed, the flesh should give like a partly ripe plum but not be soft.