Riddle: 3/30-4/6

Last week's riddle was:

"A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?"

Answer: The rope wasn't tied to anything so the horse could move to get to the bail of hay.

This week's riddle is"

"A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?"

Hint: This riddle is a bit of a trick question!