Ume plum tree Wakayama, Japan.

Ume blossom - Prunus mume tree.

Ume plums beginning to develop.

Ume plums beginning to develop.

Unripe green plums are ready for harvest.

Unripe green plums are ready for harvest.

Plums are washed, soaked to remove bitterness, placed in kegs with alternating layers of sea salt for one month to develop pickle brine, removed, and sun-dried for seven days.

Sun-dried plums are placed back in the pickle brine that has had red shiso leaves added turning the brine a brilliant red. After soaking in the red brine for several days the color of the plums change from green to pinkish-red.

Pickled ume plums, or umeboshi.

Eden Umeboshi Plums are inspected, weighed, and packaged.

Eden Umeboshi Plums are inspected, weighed, and packaged.