Ana Prado tells a customer about a plant at her Blooming Coast booth at the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmer’s Market in Santa Rosa, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

Skin and remove the pits from about five Santa Rosa plums and break up the fruit with a fork; you’ll need about one cup of mashed fruit. Cool the syrup slightly, then add the plum mixture.

The Japanese plum is one of the parents of the Santa Rosa plum and its weeping form. Santa Rosa is susceptible to bacterial leaf spot, which mars the leaves with black angular lesions that drop ...

Ana Prado tells a customer about a plant at her Blooming Coast booth at the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmer’s Market in Santa Rosa, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.