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First, the trivia... All dried plums are called prunes and calling these oval shaped Moyer Plums as 'Prunes' is a misnomer. It is just that these oval shaped Moyer Plums are most popularly dried to make prunes that most people differentiate the oval Moyer Plums by calling them Prunes. Moyer Plums are large plums with a long oval shape, extremely sweet taste and have a dark burgundy skin with juicy yellow-orange to amber flesh. Moyer Plum is considered the best European plum for its shape and taste. This species of plum often dried to create sweet prunes. Moyer plums tend to ripen late in the season and have a very long shelf life. You can tell if the plums are ripe by gently squeezing the skin. Your fingers should leave a slight indentation if the fruit is ripe. If the flesh feels hard or doesn’t give slightly, you need to wait until it ripens.