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What tree is this?

lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
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Hi! Just wondered if anybody knows what tree this is? And if the fruit is edible? Thank you!  


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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    If so, technically they are edible but I understand not very nice! The blackbirds and pigeons  love them though
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I think crab apple, those little tufty bits at the end of the fruit don't happen in plums


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    WHEN was that photo taken?
  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    Papi Jo said:
    WHEN was that photo taken?
    Last week, so end of September 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with @nutcutlet ... it's an ornamental Crab apple ... the fallen fruits are loved by blackbirds and thrushes .... and you can of course use them to make crab apple jelly 

    https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/crab-apple-trees-malus-trees-c39

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    We have a crab apple tree, the fruit on the other tree is much smaller, are they plums or apples? 

  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    pansyface said:
    There are many different varieties of crab apple, some red, some yellow etc etc.
    As Nutcutlet pointed out, there is the fluffy remains of the flower petals still clinging to the end of the fruit. This means that it is an apple rather than a plum.
    The exact variety we don’t know.
    How can we find out? Are you able to tell what variety it is if I took more photos? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    To confirm that it’s an Apple why not cut it in half horizontally ?  If it had pips that would confirm it is an apple. If it had a ftone it would be a prunus of some type. But I’m sure it’s a crab apple. 

    If you click on the link I provided earlier you’ll see some possible varieties ... but you’ll need to compare blossom appearance and timing, leaves etc as well as fruit for an ID. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    We would need photos of the flowers, for ID.
  • lydiaelisabeth6lydiaelisabeth6 Posts: 7
    Papi Jo said:
    We would need photos of the flowers, for ID.

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