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  Prune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prunes are cultivars of plum species (mostly Prunus domestica).
Dried fruit of the prune tree were traditionally called "dried prunes" or "prunes", but an effort is currently underway to market them as "dried plums".
In the United States, due to the negative association of prunes with regularity and the elderly, the California Dried Plum Board, renamed and began remarket prunes as "dried plums".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prune   (262 words)

  
 Plum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prunes are sweet and juicy, and they have a very high dietary fiber content, so prune juice is often used to help regulate the functioning of the digestive system.
Prune marketers in the United States have, in recent years, begun marketing their product as "dried plums", because "prunes" has negative connotations of being unappetizing, and suitable only for the elderly.
Prune kernel oil is made from the fleshy inner part of the pit of the plum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plum   (688 words)

  
 Consumer Information Center: How to Prune Trees
Pruning as a cultural practice can be used to supplement or replace these natural processes and increase the strength and longevity of plants.
After pruning, the ratio of the living crown to total tree height should be at least two-thirds (e.g., a 12 m tree should have living branches on at least the upper 8 m).
Crown reduction pruning is the preferred method to reduce the size or height of the crown of a tree, but is rarely needed and should be used infrequently.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/housing/prune/prune.htm   (4112 words)

  
 Proper Pruning Techniques
Remember that pruning is the removal or reduction of certain plant parts that are not required, that are no longer effective, or that are of no use to the plant.
Prune plants damaged by storms or vandalism or ones with dead limbs as soon as possible to avoid additional insect and disease problems that may develop.
Pruning of these roses should be confined to some shaping of the plant, removal of damaged branches, and judicious trimming back to encourage growth.
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/pruning/pruning.html   (7157 words)

  
 Pruning
Pruning is timed to harmonize with this cycle; it is typically done either late in dormancy or during summer.
A second time to prune is in late summer, when sugars needed for the next year's growth are moving into large limbs, trunks, and roots and will not be seriously depleted by pruning.
Most conifers are pruned only in their first two or three years in order to direct their basic shape; from then on, they're best left alone.
www.lowes.com /lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=LawnGarden/PruningPlants&rn=RightNavFiles/rightNavHowTo   (2405 words)

  
 Prune Belly Syndrome
Because of the substantial involvement of the urinary tract, children with prune belly syndrome are usually unable to completely empty their bladders and have serious bladder, ureter, and kidney impairment.
Prune belly syndrome is an uncommon birth defect occurring in about one in 30,000 to 40,000 births.
Because of the distinct abnormalities of prune belly syndrome, a physician is usually able to make a diagnosis after initial examination during the newborn period.
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/peds_urology/pbs.cfm   (858 words)

  
 Pruning Woody Landscape Plants
Pruning is the selective removal of parts of a plant, to improve the plant's performance.
Prune early, when the plant is young, to direct its future growth, rather than pruning it later in an effort to "correct" old growth.
Pruning these shrubs just after they flower allows enjoyment of the flowers and allows the plants maximum time to produce new wood (along with the next year's flower buds) before the end of the season.
www.umext.maine.edu /onlinepubs/htmpubs/2169.htm   (3498 words)

  
 NPR : Give Prunes a Chance
If there were a bag of prunes to be found in the refrigerator, I would uncannily home in on it and help myself to one, then two, three or four before my mother would limit my intake.
In France, prunes soaked in Armagnac are a traditional accompaniment to foie gras.
I appreciate the diverse applications of this flavorful and meaty fruit and find prunes to be equally at home in a bittersweet chocolate and stout beer bundt cake as they are in a savory Moroccan rice dish with almonds, apricots and dried currants.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5081354   (939 words)

  
 Pruning Trees and Shrubs
Pruning is a horticultural practice that alters the form and growth of a plant.
Pruning young shrubs is not as critical as pruning young trees, but take care to use the same principles to encourage good branch structure.
Pruning in late winter, just before spring growth starts, leaves fresh wounds exposed for only a short length of time before new growth begins the wound sealing process.
www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/horticulture/DG0628.html   (1935 words)

  
 eMedicine - Prune Belly Syndrome : Article by Israel Franco, MD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prune belly syndrome is characterized by elongated, dilated, and tortuous megaureters.
Given that some men with prune belly syndrome seem to be capable of fathering children, albeit with the help of assisted reproductive technologies, early surgery to preserve fertility is important to attempt in patients with prune belly syndrome.
The fact that a decreasing number of patients are being born with prune belly syndrome indicates an ever-increasing ability to diagnose the disease in utero.
www.emedicine.com /med/topic3055.htm   (6441 words)

  
 How To Prune A Tree
When pruning, it is vital to prune the unwanted branch while protecting the stem or trunk wood of the tree.
Pruning during the dormant period minimizes sap loss and subsequent stress to the tree.
In particular, you should seal pruning wounds on trees that are susceptible to damaging insect infestation such as birch, oak, and elm trees.
www.dof.virginia.gov /mgt/how-to-prune.shtml   (745 words)

  
 F-Secure Computer Virus Information Pages: Prune
Prune attempts to spread via mIRC by checking for the presence of mirc.ini file in C:\mirc folder and if such is found it tries to send "UN_Interview.txt.vbs" when the user joins a channel.
Prune also creates Autoexec.bat file on the mapped drive that simply runs the worm code.
When the date is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th of the month Prune worm tries to erase the files from Windows installation folded, Windows System folder or from the C: drive.
www.f-secure.com /v-descs/prune.shtml   (368 words)

  
 Disease - Prune belly syndrome - Detroit, Michigan
The underlying causes of prune belly syndrome are unknown.
Prune Belly Syndrome is usually diagnosed before birth or at the time of birth.
If you have a child with diagnosed prune belly syndrome, call your health care provider at the first sign of a urinary tract infection or other urinary symptoms.
www.henryfordhealth.org /12335.cfm   (405 words)

  
 The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great
Prunes are a good source of potassium, providing 9.0% of the daily value for this mineral in a quarter-cup.
Prunes are widely known as a good source of dietary fiber, a reputation that was confirmed in our ranking system in which prunes were found to supply 12.1% of the daily value for fiber in just a quarter-cup.
Prunes are nutritious fruits that are extremely fun to eat since they have a sweet, deep taste and a sticky, chewy texture.
www.whfoods.com /genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=103   (2215 words)

  
 The New York Times > Prune Restaurant Review > New York City Restaurant Reviews
Prune quickly morphed from adorable notion into formidable influence, a small restaurant with a large footprint.
Prune takes a familiar and therefore instantly comforting triple-decker sandwich of ham, turkey and Swiss cheese and ups the ante.
Prune is a mood, and you have to be in it.
www.nytimes.com /2005/04/06/dining/reviews/06rest.html?ex=1270440000&en=259da098c1fa0b7e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt   (761 words)

  
 Plums
Prunes, or dried plums, used to be dried on the tree and in the sun like raisins, but now they are dried in air tunnels heated by gas to give them a more uniform appearance.
European plums, (prunes or prune plums) are always freestone, meaning the flesh does not adhere to the pit, and they are also always blue or purple in color.
RememberÂ…A prune is always a plum, but a plum is not always a prune.
www.tonytantillo.com /fruits/plums.html   (1125 words)

  
 Stapletons Technical Bulletin - Prune Juice Manufacturing Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prunes are the dried fruit of the prune plum.
In California, most of the prunes are of the La Petite D'Agen variety, a prune plum native of Southwest France.
The prunes are washed and placed in a cooking tank along with the appropriate quantity of water.
www.stapleton-spence.com /CustomerService/pjmfgr.htm   (185 words)

  
 Prune: A Welcome Wrinkle on the New York Restaurant Scene - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
Alumna Gabrielle Hamilton (83F) is the chef and owner of Prune, a small and highly praised restaurant in New York's East Village.
Hamilton conceived Prune at a time when other restaurants were awash in what she calls “ill-conceived fusion things combining Asian ingredients and French technique.” She was tired of the irritatingly complex menus that abounded in the city.
When Prune became the talk of the town, Hamilton was asked by New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser to pen a series of eight columns.
www.hampshire.edu /cms/index.php?id=5382   (1532 words)

  
 BBC - Gardening - Basics - Prune a rambling rose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When pruning, bear in mind that rambling roses usually flower on the previous year's growth.
The way to prune a rambling rose varies depending on how it is to be trained.
Prune back the tips of new shoots to encourage flowering the following year.
www.bbc.co.uk /gardening/basics/techniques/pruning_ramblingrose.shtml   (223 words)

  
 Prune Bargaining Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prune production and farming in California make an important economic contribution to local communities and to the state as a whole.
Prune production and the related enterprises provide many levels of opportunity for work and investment, and are also an important part of the historical and cultural heritage of our state.
The following Prune Handlers have recognized the Prune Bargaining Association as the duly authorized bargaining representative for its Members under the California Food and Agriculture Code Section 54431(e); and have signed the 2005 Field Price Agreement for Dried Prunes.
www.prunebargaining.com   (299 words)

  
 How to Prune Hybrid Tea Roses - Bayer Advanced™: Garden & Flower Care Feature Article
Proper pruning ensures your hybrid tea roses stay healthy and vigorous, and guarantees they produce large flowers on long, strong stems.
Pruning saw for older canes and dead wood.
Prune out any canes that arise from below the bud union (the swollen area on the lower trunk).
www.bayeradvanced.com /garden/gardening/roses/hybrid-tea-roses.cfm?source=gt   (425 words)

  
 David Lebovitz Archives: October 2005 Archives
So I was afraid she might make Prune dim sum, but instead found inspiration in a recipe from her childhood, which Prune Blogging Thursday happily rekindled: Toss Kabak, a savory Meat and Prune Stew with the addition of quince.
Prunes are very good for your health; they're high in iron, with no added sugar but lots of fiber...and yes, they keep you, um, 'regular'.
Prunes have borne the long-suffering brunt of poopy jokes in addition to the recent humiliation of being re-named dried plums, vexing recipe writers everywhere.
www.davidlebovitz.com /archives/2005/10   (8623 words)

  
 BBC - Gardening - Basics - Prune clematis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Good pruning skills are essential if you want to get the most from your plants.
Many clematis can be pruned hard, as late as mid-May. This will delay the onset of flowering, resulting in August blooms.
Feed clematis immediately after pruning, hoeing the feed into the soil surface, and continue giving all clematis fortnightly liquid feeds throughout spring to encourage new shoots to develop.
www.bbc.co.uk /gardening/basics/techniques/pruning_clematis.shtml   (352 words)

  
 v.prune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The pruning threshold value is specified in map inches, rather than in data base units on the ground.
The threshold value is the same as the v.digit pruning threshold.
The input vector data layer will be read and the resultant pruned vector data layer will be placed into a newly created output file whose name is specified by the user, leaving the original vector map unchanged.
grass.itc.it /gdp/html_grass5/html/v.prune.html   (285 words)

  
 Cravings - Prune - Gabrielle Hamilton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While some customers complain that Prune has lost the crazy energy it had when it first opened, what the restaurant has really evolved into is a much more mature place.
It was during her time there that she found true inspiration in cooking — cooking for pleasure and cooking the type of food she wants to eat at home — through the help of a mentor.
It’s terrible to get what you want.” I understand what she means but don’t take it too literally because I know, despite how hard she has to work to balance her life and to continue to excel on all fronts, I doubt she would trade it for all the world.
www.cravings-nyc.com /indulging/prune/gabrielle.html   (588 words)

  
 CNN.com - Prune gets $10 million makeover -- as dried plum - September 13, 2000
California's prune growers -- the world's largest producers of the fruit -- hope the name change reaching U.S. supermarkets next month will do what the renaming of the fruit now known as the kiwifruit did for the obscure Chinese gooseberry.
In Finland and France, prunes are used in pork and duck dishes, while the fruit is popular in Italy and the Netherlands.
In Japan the prune is valued for its high potassium content.
archives.cnn.com /2000/FOOD/news/09/13/prunes.reut   (481 words)

  
 Prune - East Village - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide
There's not a wrinkled plum in sight at this American bistro but chef Gabrielle Hamilton's childhood nickname indicates the sort of unpretentious home cooking at which she excels, a grab bag of eccentric, multicultural influences that is, at heart, American.
Prune's phenomenal weekend brunch alone is worth the trip just to read her truly inspired menu.
Prune does not take reservations for weekend brunch or Sunday evenings.
www.newyorkmetro.com /pages/details/2147.htm   (240 words)

  
 How to Prune Trees
Some trees show their attractive bark or flowers more effectively when pruned.
Pruning can also help protect a tree's health.
(Be sure to dip the pruning blade in a 10 percent bleach solution between each cut made to avoid spreading disease.) Dead or broken branches can be removed before insects make a home in there.
www.bhg.com /bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/smartpruning_06212001.xml   (180 words)

  
 VittlesVamp: Plumbing Prune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We had already experienced the wonders of the incredible edible Burrata, and there were depths of Prune's menu that we still hoped to plumb.
After the monkfish liver, we felt it was in our best gourmet interests to keep exploring Prune's varied offerings.
And so a steaming bowl of artichoke hearts, English peas in a buttery broth was brought forth, followed by toothsome lamb sausages, which reminded Joy of the sausages prepared by her Syrian aunts when she was a girl.
www.vittlesvamp.com /archives/2005/06/plumbing_prune.html   (458 words)

  
 THE PRUNE
The Prune began calling Old Man Jim at Louie's Bar July 28, 1983 in New Haven, CT. This tape was described by Howard Stern as a "verbal massacre." This collection of pranks would become one of the most amazing and brutal prank tapes ever.
The Prune is left laughing on the phone due to Foxy Grampa's complete break with sanity.
Jim tells The Prune, that if he "shakes hands with someone, they will turn to cancer." Louie's Bar is by all means one of the great prank call tapes of all time.
www.geocities.com /maikogirl/Prune_Page.html   (644 words)

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