Damson
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The damson, damson plum, or damascene, is an edible drupaceous fruit, a subspecies of the plum tree. Varieties of insititia are found across Europe, but the name damson is derived from and most common
Damson flowers
Shropshire Damson, shown at centre left. Other plums shown are Imperial Gage (labelled 1), Lombard (3), Maynard (4) and Yellow Egg (5).
Slivovitz is a distilled beverage made from damson plums.
Slivovitz
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Slivovitz is a fruit spirit made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit. Slivovitz is produced in Central and Southeastern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers inclu
Traditional distilling process in Međimurje (northern Croatia)
Serbian Slivovitz from Valjevo region
Croatian Šljivovica and Slovenian Slivovka, two different names for the same drink