The plum fruits are mature when these have attained proper size and developed proper colour depending upon the cultivar. The plum fruits are harvested from second week of May in Punjab. For local marketing fruits should be harvested when ripe and firm. For distant markets, fruits are picked when firm but have developed 50% colour on the skin. Plum should be harvested along with pedicels avoiding any injury to the fruit.
Plum fruit is very perishable in nature, hence should be handled with care. The small baskets should be padded with rice trash or grass at the bottom and sides. Freshly harvested fruits are transferred in these baskets and covered with paper and tied in gunny cloth.
