Pick, sort, and clean the plums that have been freshly picked from the tree.  We picked 36 pounds of plums to make a 6 gallon batch of plum wine.  They will need to be washed, pitted, and coarsely chopped.  In the fermenting bucket place 7.5 pounds of sugar along with 2 quarts of boiled water.  Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved.  Then insert the straining bag to hold the chopped plums.