Answer:

PLUMS

Answer	Crossword Clue
PLUMS	Greengages et al.
PLUMS	Tree fruit
PLUMS	Purple fruits

PLUMS	Slivovitz ingredients
PLUMS	Summer fruits
PLUMS	Pudding fruit
PLUMS	Future prunes, perhaps
PLUMS	Prunes, once
PLUMS	Jam fruits
PLUMS	Cushy jobs
PLUMS	Choice assignments

PLUMS	Windfalls
PLUMS	Desirable positions
PLUMS	Choice things.
PLUMS	Extra dividends, usually large.
PLUMS	Greengages.
PLUMS	Damsons.
PLUMS	Choice objects.
PLUMS	Choice of objects.

PLUMS	Fruits.
PLUMS	Fruit.
PLUMS	Horner's pie-filling
PLUMS	Superior things
PLUMS	Fleshy fruits
PLUMS	Fruits for politicians?
PLUMS	Damson and bullace
PLUMS	Fruit for a Horner?

PLUMS	Brandy base
PLUMS	Juicy fruits
PLUMS	Prunes, originally
PLUMS	Alexander the Great introduced them to Greece
PLUMS	Jack Horner's fruit
PLUMS	Damsons and greengages
PLUMS	Damsons
PLUMS	Prune makers

PLUMS	Fruit in an often-parodied William Carlos Williams poem
PLUMS	They're often cross-bred with apricots