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Is this Fruit Edible?

CompleterookieCompleterookie Posts: 130
in Problem solving
Good Morning
  Whilst walking over the weekend found this tree. We just wondered if the fruit were edible? Thanks in advance for all your help 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2022
    They look like wild damsons to me, or possibly bullaces. 

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





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    They will probably be too tart to eat raw, but would make a good pie (or jam, if there are enough...)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    I have some of these coming over from my neighbour's garden. I too wondered if they were edible. 
  • CompleterookieCompleterookie Posts: 130
    Great news.!! We have no problem having cooked fruits with a big dollop of xtra thick double cream on at our house.. Im looking forward to picking, cooking and tasting 😋 these fruits now 
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Damsons are gorgeous! Eat them straight off the tree. 
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Damson jam is my favourite, quite delicious and the bought versions, if you can even find them, are nowhere near as good as home made.
  • WallflowerBryWallflowerBry Posts: 81
    Ergates said:
    Damson jam is my favourite, quite delicious and the bought versions, if you can even find them, are nowhere near as good as home made.
    I second that.  This thread took me back sixty years to my mum's home made Damson jam.  Lovely.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Takes me back too. My Nan used to make damson jam. It tasted delicious but you had to be careful because she didn't always get all the stones out :/.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    JennyJ said:
    Takes me back too. My Nan used to make damson jam. It tasted delicious but you had to be careful because she didn't always get all the stones out :/.
    I once counted them in, then counted them out. 
    In retrospect I think it's better not knowing how many more there are to fish out -- just keep going knowing the result is worth it!
    The best jam -- with purple plum a close second.
    And don't forget damson gin.....
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