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Cherry Tree Help Pls
Hello
I'm hoping someone here can help, we've just moved into a new house and there's a tree at the bottom of the garden full of purple coloured cherries, it may seem a strange question but how do i know of they are edible ? can some cherries be poisonous ?, i don't want to make a pie pie for the family and end up making them all poorley
any help would be great x
I'm hoping someone here can help, we've just moved into a new house and there's a tree at the bottom of the garden full of purple coloured cherries, it may seem a strange question but how do i know of they are edible ? can some cherries be poisonous ?, i don't want to make a pie pie for the family and end up making them all poorley
any help would be great x 0
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Hello
I'm hoping someone here can help, we've just moved into a new house and there's a tree at the bottom of the garden full of purple coloured cherries, it may seem a strange question but how do i know of they are edible ? can some cherries be poisonous ?, i don't want to make a pie pie for the family and end up making them all poorley any help would be great x
Anyone ??, should i just pick one and taste it ?0 -
I'm quite surprised that a cherry tree would be fruiting now. I believe that most cherries are in season a lot earlier. Mine fruits in June/July and is the first of my trees to produce fruit. Also if I'm not quick the birds eat most of them. I personally wouldn't risk it unless I was definitely sure it was a cherry. Maybe try looking at the leaves. They are quite distinctive.
I'm sure someone else will come along with better advice soon.:)"Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life."0 -
I think you will find they are crab apples, not cherries, as Poppea says, UK cherry season was June / July
What colour are the leaves? Is the the bark smooth or sort of snakeskin [as a cherry is ]
Have a bite [spit out, do not swallow] if it is bitter then crab apple is what it is
If they are still on the tree you can bet they are bitter, or the birds would have had them ages agoWhen an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray0 -
I'm quite surprised that a cherry tree would be fruiting now. I believe that most cherries are in season a lot earlier. Mine fruits in June/July and is the first of my trees to produce fruit. Also if I'm not quick the birds eat most of them. I personally wouldn't risk it unless I was definitely sure it was a cherry. Maybe try looking at the leaves. They are quite distinctive.
I'm sure someone else will come along with better advice soon.:)
thank you x0
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