[Highfield]

We only moved in in November last year and are still discovering things!  One of which is a tree ( we got lots but this one is a bit of a mystery)

It had very early white blossom but we assumed that is was just one of the many ornamental flowering ones in the garden.  It then had some small very hard green fruits so I further classified it as a prunus of some sort as it had a stone.

These fruit are now ripening and they appear to be a plum - dark reddy purple with soft yellow flesh - very very tart but only marginally bigger than a cherry and smaller than a damson.  Anyone got any idea what it is and if I can use the fruit in some way??

TIA!

[gillie]

Is it a cherry plum (myrobalan)?  or possibly a plum rootstock after the grafted plum has died.

You could try cooking them as I do damsons:

Stew up with sugar, sieve, freeze in small containers, serve as a sauce with vanilla icecream.

Cheers,

Gillie

[DD.]

Not a sloe is it?

Has it got a lot of thorns?

[SMD66]

sounds like wild plum, we have a row of them that yrs ago used to be a hedge!  Let them get really ripe and they will be much sweeter

[Highfield]

No thorns and quite a big tree.  Needs a ladder to pick them (OH's job this weekend after he's fetched the sand for the root veg)    Missy seems to like them and so far the only effect is she is a trifle windy    This may however be due to the pea pods which she also loves ...   :blink:

Will pick and stew as suggested - I got a good recipe for pork chops in plum sauce somewhere - - only ever used ordinary sized ones but I suppose it don't matter much!

[Haz]

Hi All,

I have a big tree in my plot that carries lots of small bright yellow and sweet plums.  Wondering if I can make jam or something else.  I suppose John's new book has the answer.

Hazem