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Fruit tree ID please

Missy KrissyMissy Krissy Posts: 249
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Hi all, does anyone have any idea what tree this is?  (I'm hoping someone will say it's a blackthorn and the fruits are sloes! image) 

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Many thanks!

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,174

    Not  a sloe as these grow on extremely prickly shrubs - bit like hawthorn. It looks like a plum.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,254

    hmmm - the blackthorn round here have jagged edged leaves and the fruits aren't as big, but I'm not sure.

    It may well be a damson of some sort - they're lovely too.

    Damson gin? :)

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  • Missy KrissyMissy Krissy Posts: 249

    Ok cool thanks both, I'm not sure it's a plum, the fruit doesn't get much bigger than it is and stays kinda hard.

    Will google damson images though, you could be onto something there!  Damson gin?! Ooooh if I must!! image

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,174

    Now you're talking Pete!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,150

    they don't really look like blackthorn stems, or leaves, too broad. Ladybird is right re the thorns. No thorns, no blackthorn.



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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,667

    Damson cheese is rather nice too.

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    fidgetbones says:

    Damson cheese is rather nice too.

    See original post

     Seconded!  My favourite is with a stilton. image

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  • Hortum-cretaeHortum-cretae Posts: 979

    It looks like a wild form of a plum, probably a bullace, or similar. Good for jams and makes excellent wine. 

    H-C

  • Missy KrissyMissy Krissy Posts: 249

    Thanks guys!  Jam and some form of alcohol making is definitely on the agenda!! image.  

    If it is either wild plum or damson (providing I can get in there before the birds take their fill) should I be harvesting towards the end of August? 

  • Hortum-cretaeHortum-cretae Posts: 979

    Yes and you'll find the birds generally won't take them. Damsons are a narrower shape, more pointed at the stalk end and ripen later.

    H-C 

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