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>> No. 1264 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 10:14 am
1264 Beady prunes
While out gathering things, I came across the plum in the picture: it looks like someone dribbled clear plastic on it, though it emerged from what looks like a scar on the plum's surface. Curious, I thought, but left it at that. I saw the same thing on a few fruits on another plum tree, though, which made me think it's natural. Does anyone know what it is? Plum scabs?
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>> No. 1265 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 11:15 am
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>>1264

AIDS

Or possibly sugar leaking out of a wound caused by bashes or insects.
>> No. 1266 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 4:54 pm
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>>1265
I thought sugar as well, but the shapes didn't resemble crystals. I tried tasting a little chunk, and it tasted of… nothing. It felt ever so slightly waxen, but that's it.
>> No. 1267 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 7:16 pm
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They look like insect eggs, possibly from the sloe bug.
>> No. 1268 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 8:03 pm
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>>1267
Google makes their eggs look rather opaque, these beads were perfectly clear.
>> No. 1270 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 11:07 pm
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Were they hard? If so, I've seen similar things, and not just recently. If I remember correctly, I don't think it's sugar, however I can't remember why I think that.
>> No. 1271 Anonymous
17th August 2010
Tuesday 11:41 pm
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It could be some kind of sap or oil. Plants do produce wax and pump fluids through themselves.

Doesn't sound like an insect egg. Tried looking at them under magnification? Are they hard and brittle or soft/watery and squishy?
>> No. 1272 Anonymous
18th August 2010
Wednesday 4:15 am
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>>1271
The beads were quite hard. I couldn't squish them between my fingers, but damage them between my finger nails. I don't have any magnification available, but they really appear perfectly clear, which more or less rules out eggs of any sort. They probably are just "scabs", but I'd be curious to know what causes them and what the resultant material is called.
>> No. 1273 Anonymous
18th August 2010
Wednesday 12:56 pm
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>>1271
What do insect eggs sound like?
>> No. 1276 Anonymous
18th August 2010
Wednesday 2:46 pm
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>>1273

They sound like someone hitting you in the face with a rake. Go try it and you'll be enlightened, little troll.
>> No. 1292 Anonymous
22nd August 2010
Sunday 3:13 pm
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>>1264
How strange, I saw something similar on my plums this weekend. They didn't look like eggs.
>> No. 1293 Anonymous
22nd August 2010
Sunday 8:36 pm
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Rusfag here.
This is some kind of plum resin (cherry tree has it too). Usually it goes out of damaged surfaces. In your case, fruit was damaged by insects or overriped.

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