Emily's orchard is a heritage Italian plum orchard where we tend to trees planted by Emily generations ago.  These freestone plums are a late harvest plum grown for their sweetness.  While our other plum varietals ripen in July and early August, these Italian plums are harvested in mid-September here in the Pacific Northwest when they are at their peak flavor.  About half the harvest goes into our succulent plum jams and bbq sauces, and the rest of the plums get hand pitted, sliced and dried in one of our dehydrators here on the farm, concentrating all that sweetness and flavor into a dried plum treat.