Help Identify this tree ?

redruby

kandyfloss wrote: »

We have these in our village and they are both a type of plum.The smaller ones need to go a lot redder befre they are ready to eat and the yellow fruits need to go a lot more yellow in colour before they are ready and then they might still taste a bit tart.

Keep an eye on their progress as you will find that the birds will be keeping an eye on them as well and they might vanish just as you are about to pick them yourself.At this time of the year when the ground is quiet dry they will want them for food for themselves plus they will quench their thirst as water is going to be in short supply as well...:D

:T:T thank you so much, will take another walk up there later and see how they are getting on, hopefully the birds will share them with me

MoJo

Could be greengages - some varieties are pinkish.

emiff6

Looks to me like a cherry plum (prunus cerasifera). It's often used as hedging. The ripe fruit is yellow to red, smaller, and more round in shape than a regular plum. If left to get fully ripe their flavour is quite bland, I like them under-ripe and sharper in flavour. Use a plum recipe to make jam. (If you simmer them gently for 10 - 15 minutes in a little water, the stones pop out easily when you squeeze them). The ones near me only seem to bear fruit very sporadically, maybe once every 5 or 6 years, so make the most of them now.

redruby

emiff6 wrote: »

Looks to me like a cherry plum (prunus cerasifera). It's often used as hedging. The ripe fruit is yellow to red, smaller, and more round in shape than a regular plum. If left to get fully ripe their flavour is quite bland, I like them under-ripe and sharper in flavour. Use a plum recipe to make jam. (If you simmer them gently for 10 - 15 minutes in a little water, the stones pop out easily when you squeeze them). The ones near me only seem to bear fruit very sporadically, maybe once every 5 or 6 years, so make the most of them now.

Thanks hun, I think you may be right, I googled it, and it looks like the tree :T, going to make a load of jam, thanks again xx

Lotus-eater

I was going to say I think it may be a cherry plum, when you go past it, feel a few fruits gently to see how soft they are, when you feel some give (and presumeably you have loads of fruit, so you aren't going to mind wasting a few) taste a softish one every day or so, until they taste good, then pick all the ones that are of that softness, then keep picking as long as you want them.
With all plums, you need to catch them just right, a few days missed and they will be gone over and on the ground, or eaten by wasps/wildlife etc.

elisamoose

We have a cherry plum tree opposite us.It is full of ripe fruit . We picked over 10lbs in 10minutes just standing and reaching up. My mum made jam -- it tastes like a tart plum jam and is great with cheese believe it or not!
just been out and picked a load more - there seems to be a glut of them this year.

GreenFly_2

Definitely a Victoria plum but the best way to check is to compare the leaves rather than the fruit. Good pictures of a vic plum can be found on Google pics

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