Forum home› Fruit & veg
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

ID please

blameitonthedogblameitonthedog Posts: 122
in Fruit & veg
As per the title, could someone kindly ID this tree/fruitlets please?
«1

Posts

  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Pear?
  • blameitonthedogblameitonthedog Posts: 122
    It looks like a pear to me but my neighbour says (admittedly without much conviction) not.  It grows on the strip of land/bank between our gardens and the farmer's field.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    what does your neighbour think it is?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • blameitonthedogblameitonthedog Posts: 122
    My neighbour thinks it is a crab apple (although his long awaited canna flowers turned out to be a banana so he may have as much clue as I do) this being the first year it has fruited.  I don't know much at all about fruit trees; it is the "dropped" pear shape that is confusing me with these as I thought crab apples were rounded...but perhaps not all are.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    😂.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Did you notice the blossom colour?
  • blameitonthedogblameitonthedog Posts: 122
    Annoyingly, no!
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Well it's a wait and see job then. If they stay small it's a crab apple which if it's on waste ground might have self seeded by birds and only big enough to fruit this year.
  • blameitonthedogblameitonthedog Posts: 122
    Thanks for your input :)   I am rather hoping it's a pear but I think on this occasion my neighbour does know his apples from his bananas....
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    It's a pear.  Leaves and shape/size of the fruit on the stem say so.  You might want to thin them out a bit in a few weeks.. if it's your tree.
    Utah, USA.
Sign In or Register to comment.