Clinton Supermarket

Plums of some sort.

The ingredients list leads off with "plum, sugar, water, salted" and gives a nod to "yellow #5," but the poetic generality of a label bearing the "Very Good Brand" leaves ample room for ambiguity. This box of "dried preserved fruit candy" (8 oz.; $1.99), from Guangzhou, China, might contain specimens of Prunus salicina, or perhaps P. mume; if you can confidently decode the packaging shown below, do tell. As a stand-in for candy, they're a nice nibble at the movies, but be sure you open the persnickety package before the lights go down, and take your pits with you, please.

Clinton Supermarket
90-96 Clinton St. (Rivington-Delancey Sts.)
212-228-6289