Plums: As it is one of the first trees to blossom in the spring, its fruit is at the top of the harbingers of spring. First the coyote plums come out. This is a sour and small plum. Green plums are larger, crisper, juicy and sour. It is dipped in salt to overcome the sourness. Other varieties such as turbe, murdum and bardak ripen towards summer.