- Best for
- 🍙 Umeboshi 🍶 Umeshu 🥤 Ume syrup 🍯 Jam
- Fruit size
- Large
- Season
- June (green early–mid June, ripe from mid June)
- Main regions
- Wakayama (Minabe, Tanabe) and others
Features
Selected in Minabe, Wakayama, and sold as “Kishu Nanko ume”. Ripe fruit blush red on the sunny side.
Best uses
- Umeboshi: use yellow, tree-ripened fruit for soft, plump pickles.
- Umeshu & syrup: green fruit works; riper fruit gives a mellower aroma.
- Jam: fully ripe fruit is fragrant and good for jam.
Choosing
For umeboshi, pick unblemished yellow fruit with a sweet smell, and start pickling soon after delivery.
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