MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 01:47 PM |
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Indentify a Fruit Tree
Ive a tree in the garden, thats got lots of fruit on it.
I dont want to just randomly eat it and then curl up and die so thought I would quiz you guys...
heres the tree...
and heres a close up of the fruit...
It looks like a Cherry or a Plum tree, but ive no idea.
Thanks
p.s Ive tried some of the tree indentification things online but no luck
[Edited on 25/8/11 by MikeFellows]
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scootz
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 01:54 PM |
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Looks like a cherry (purple-leaf) plum tree to me...
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 01:56 PM |
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that looks like a reasonable assumption from the pics on google
can i eat them then, or will i curl up and die? 
thanks by the way
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scootz
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 01:58 PM |
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You won't die! They should be ripe around this time of year, so bash on!
*assuming it is a cherry plum of course!
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 01:59 PM |
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tell you what, I will go eat one, if you dont see me post for a week or so asking some random noob question, take it that it wasnt a cherry plum and
ive died
Thanks
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scootz
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:02 PM |
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Will do! 
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:06 PM |
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whoa that was close....
its definatley not a plum or a cherry
it has multiple small pips and is quite hard (like an apple)
see...
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:06 PM |
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they look tasty though
and as it has multiple seeds it become a berry tree apparently
[Edited on 25/8/11 by MikeFellows]
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whitestu
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:12 PM |
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Looks like the 'Purple Berry of Death' to me.
Should be fine!
Stu
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:17 PM |
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ok i tried a bit
they are really quite disgusting..
maybe they are not ripe yet, but they look it and its late August so i would have thought they would be
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mookaloid
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:38 PM |
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My Mum has something similar in her garden - she says it's an ornamental crab apple of some sort and the fruit is not for eating if that helps
at all
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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scootz
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
she says it's an ornamental crab apple of some sort and the fruit is not for eating if that helps at all
Having seen the dissected fruit picture, that's what I'm now leaning towards!
Whatever it is, I still don't think you will die. Your bum may fall off, but you will likely live!
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
My Mum has something similar in her garden - she says it's an ornamental crab apple of some sort and the fruit is not for eating if that helps
at all
Winner!
it appears your right, flowers look identical too
this will be why they tasted rank, apparently though they are good for making jam, but i dont know the last time I ate any Jam so I wont be bothering
with that.
thanks guys much appreciated
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 02:59 PM |
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Crab apple. Make some jam with them and blackberries.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:06 PM |
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Make some jam and sell it as home made if you won't have it yourself
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:11 PM |
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woohoo - i've got one of them in my garden and have often wondered what it is.
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sprouts-car
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:21 PM |
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Make Crab Apple and Chilli Jelly. Great with meat and nicer than jam.
http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/hot-crab-apple-and-chilli-jelly-recipe-2-470
Build blog
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:30 PM |
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Cherries are finished by now and the bird would have cleared the lot and only produce one seed.
Most Plums are only begining to ripen now, but like thier near relations the Cherry only produce one seed. Plums have a distinctive feature
like a "bum crack" which disappears when they are fully ripe.
Looks like a flowering Crab apple to me the five lobes at the bottom of the fruit and the multiple seeds are the clue ----- mine is a green
produces fruit slightly larger than my thumb. Crab apples are edible (but sour) as already said can be used to make crab apple jelly but they are
mainly planted either because they look great or as pollinators for other apple trees. To produce eating apples two other varieties of apple are
required as pollinator.
[Edited on 25/8/11 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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twybrow
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:37 PM |
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Plums just beginning to ripen now?! Oh, I see, you are in Glasgow...! Down south, our tree (which has been amazingly covered in very tasty plums) is
just about cleared of fruit now.. amazing the difference a few hundred miles can make!
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:40 PM |
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Ive a Damsen Tree also, none left now, they ripened about 6 weeks ago, we ate them all though
made jam with those last year, gave many tubs away, still got one in the fridge unopened
[Edited on 25/8/11 by MikeFellows]
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BobM
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:46 PM |
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If you don't fancy jam what about some cider ...
Not very Locost but very BEC
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:47 PM |
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I dont think I have enough to make cider, though if I did I would certainly give it a go
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britishtrident
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:50 PM |
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My plum trees --- three different varieties are only starting to blush I expect the first crop next week not as good a crop as last year when
one Victoria produced an amazing number of plums at least 700 perhaps twice that all the friends neighbours were getting dailly bags of pums this
year iIf I get a total of 400 plums off 6 trees I will be well happy.
[Edited on 25/8/11 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 03:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeFellows
Ive a Damsen Tree also, none left now, they ripened about 6 weeks ago, we ate them all though
made jam with those last year, gave many tubs away, still got one in the fridge unopened
[Edited on 25/8/11 by MikeFellows]
Damson Jam is great - but last year I made Damson Gin mmmmmm 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 04:00 PM |
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The tree's name is 'Issobella'. Apparently the French police have had a missing persons warrant and an arrest warrant out for her
for the last 62 years, when she was last seen climbing over a garden wall in a little village on the seinne after mugging her previous owner for
stealing her fruit early and not making jam out of it.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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