[MulesMarinair]

Any ideas?

It doesn't look the Mae West at the moment either...  









Thanks

MM

[gobs]

Oh, dear! Don't know what it is but looks rather full of disease.

Do you know anything about it?

[MulesMarinair]

I don't know a lot about it.

Basically, the whole plot that you can see in the background has been neglected for about 25 years.   I got the place last year.


I left that part of the "back garden" until Jan/Feb because -

1.  We couldn't get in past the brambles (over 2m high... was expecting to find a tower with a Sleeping Beauty in it... instead - I found a Greenhouse that I didn't know was there!!!)

2.  The birds would be well gone and the brambles nice and brittle.

We put in a wee plot for veggies to see how things would go (we're first timers) and this website has been such a help!!  Apart from carrot fly, everything went well and we've learnt so much for next year!

The bit with the trees  (I think it could be a small birch?)  was covered with ivy.   Two apple trees had been lost over the years but there are 3 more that need some TLC.   Also, a long lost chicken coop was revealed in the brambles (found some of the fake eggs under some rotting timber!).

Anyway, slowly slowly...

I can post some pics if anybody is interested in what it was like!

Oh!!  The lady who owned this house an old Merry Tiller Major with all the trimmings in the shed when she moved out (she knew something we didnt at the time!).   The docket is dated Feb 1973!!!   There's a garden machinery place a few doors down and I left it in to see what they could do.   They changed the spark, diaphragm, converted it to unleaded and it starts first time now!!

Anyway... any takers for birch?

[agapanthus]

It looks a bit like a fruit tree....dunno what type tho'!!

[MulesMarinair]

On second thoughts maybe it isnt a birch... hmm

LeafIdentifier

[poultrygeist]

Looks a little bit quince-like.....but then again, looks a little bit everything else-like too  :shock:

I agree with Aggy. Deffo looks fruity.

Rob

[johnhar]

The tree could be one of the crab apple types. Did it flower this year at all
as this would be a good indicator & if it did what date. If the area has been neglected for a long time it could be a self sown seedling by the ammount of basal growth.

[richyrich7]

Apple, pear or quince all the same family, similar leaf shape

But I'll hazard a guess at apple looking at the close ups and like Gob's said its a bit diseased and very crowded needs a really good prune and spray and feed. It might make something.

[mrs bouquet]

As everybody else says its either apple or pear,  but its had it.  Dig it out, and don't waste time and money.  Its too old and too far gone.  Mrs Bouquet - sorry I cannot always be the bearer of good tidings  !!

[Beetroot queen]

Looks like my pear  

[mrs bouquet]

Looks like my pear  

Beetroot queen, I just love your glow worm rhyme it just cracked me up laughing, did you make it up  :?:  :?: Mrs Bouquet

[penance]

I'd agree with the apple/pear ID. The growth pattern is very apple like.

[MulesMarinair]

Thanks for all the advice everyone!
Might see what a pruning does for it before declaring it Dead On The Table.

Thanks again!

MM

[gobs]

I think, most of the suggested trees tend to have serrated leavis, usually, bar Quince, but you never know might be some varieties that don't, let us know about it, once it has some leaves and flowers.

[lincspoacher]

Make way, tree expert coming thru..............




First choice: Type of crab apple, pear or cherry plum

Second choice: Could be an Italian Alder

Third Choice: Could be a Snowberry.

Need a close up of the bark or fruiting bodies to be sure