As we got out of the car after parking close to one of the vineyards at Domaine d' Escausses near Gaillac, a trio of locals (or where they family) were plum picking from a well garnished tree.
I am sure this bucketful of Reines Claudes has since been turned into a few jars of delicious jam.
David Lebovitz sings their praise in The Reines-Claudes Plums Have Arrived! (August 10, 2008)