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how can you tell an eating cherry tree from one thats not?
the other day i picked loads of cherries from a tree-they were all balck and v delicious. Today at work i suggested to a collegue we go picking some cherries id seen by the canal at lunch time they were black too but a bit smaller-but these were horrible really sour and bitter-now i know you can get sour cherries but how can you tel them apart?(Id rather not have to eat them again!)
the other day i picked loads of cherries from a tree-they were all balck and v delicious. Today at work i suggested to a collegue we go picking some cherries id seen by the canal at lunch time they were black too but a bit smaller-but these were horrible really sour and bitter-now i know you can get sour cherries but how can you tel them apart?(Id rather not have to eat them again!)
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Can you post photos of the tree, then close-ups of the fruit and leaves?
Might help with ID.0 -
can you tell an eating cherry tree from one thats not?
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I have a Morello cherry cropping beautifully outside my back door. The cherries are plump and bright red, but are sour as anything (great for jam and puddings :T )
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
If the birds have systematically stripped the tree of every last one the morning before you get there, it was a sweet cherry tree. If you have a chance to get and try some, they're probably going to be sour as anything!I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.Yup you are officially Rock n Roll0
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Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »If the birds have systematically stripped the tree of every last one the morning before you get there, it was a sweet cherry tree. If you have a chance to get and try some, they're probably going to be sour as anything!
Not so The birds are having a good go at my sour cherry tree; luckily there are plenty for them and us.
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
Can you post photos of the tree, then close-ups of the fruit and leaves?
Might help with ID.
I dont have a camera im afraidPenelope_Penguin wrote: »No I have a Morello cherry cropping beautifully outside my back door. The cherries are plump and bright red, but are sour as anything (great for jam and puddings :T )
Penny. x
Isn't thaat strange i would have thought morello would be just fine??0 -
Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »If the birds have systematically stripped the tree of every last one the morning before you get there, it was a sweet cherry tree. If you have a chance to get and try some, they're probably going to be sour as anything!Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Not so The birds are having a good go at my sour cherry tree; luckily there are plenty for them and us.
Penny. x
I must admitt the sweet one that i found the other day had been stripped and there was one next to it that hadn't been.
So are we saying that its just pot luck then?Im still a bit confused!!0 -
ive got a tree in my garden laiden with loads of fruit but i havent got a clue what it is lol!It was given to me as a cherry tree but the fruits are almost plum size.They are dark red in colour and have a stone in.My other half has eaten loads but im worried we will be ill.Anyone have any ideas?0
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Um a plum tree?0
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I must admitt the sweet one that i found the other day had been stripped and there was one next to it that hadn't been.
So are we saying that its just pot luck then?Im still a bit confused!!
Iv'e been picking cherries at the side of the road. I think they are different sorts of cherry trees. As they have not all ripened at the same time. It is good as I keep going back when I have dealt with the last lot. Maybe they are just not ripe yet. Eat one in about a week and see.Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:
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ive got a tree in my garden laiden with loads of fruit but i havent got a clue what it is lol!It was given to me as a cherry tree but the fruits are almost plum size.They are dark red in colour and have a stone in.My other half has eaten loads but im worried we will be ill.Anyone have any ideas?
Damsens maybe?"On behalf of teachers, I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense which means insert roughly into the anus of." My hero, Mr Steer.0
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