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Is this a cherry plum?

Brigid2Brigid2 Posts: 4
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Have recently moved to a house with a well established garden, and originally thought this might be a Mirabelle, except that the colour has changed from green/yellow to this. The flesh is yellow/orange and the fruits themselves are on very short stems. Although it's October and a lot of the fruit has fallen, a fair proportion of what's left is still not particularly ripe. Any help in identification would be most gratefully received!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It could be a Shepherd’s Bullace ... a delight for lovers of traditional English dishes and homemade fruit wines 😋 

    https://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/shepherds-bullace-trees-for-sale

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





  • Brigid2Brigid2 Posts: 4
    Thank you - I'll try stewing them with some of our glut of apples!
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Cherry plum fruit is smaller and more oval shaped. Mine are always purple and don't change colour. It is one of the first to flower in spring and fruits early, mid-July. Most of the fruit is gone by August, gobbled up by woodpigeons and blackbirds here.
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