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Is this slow gin ?

johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
in Problem solving
Hello,
I have a tree on the outside boundary of my garden, can anyone identify the fruit please ?

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    All the sloes around here are dark blue now - they're rock hard.
    If you could cut one in half and show us what's inside that would help and include something in the pic so we can get an idea of the size of the fruits

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Some photos of the leaves might be helpful too.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    They don't look like sloes to me. There's blackthorn all over the place here but I've never seen anything that colour. The shape's not right, either.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2022
    No those aren’t sloes. 
    They’re probably a wild cherry plum  … but they look to me as if they’re rotting. 

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





  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    They are not sloes .Don’t eat them or cook with them till you know what they are for goodness sake .
  • myclayjunglemyclayjungle Posts: 162
    These are sloes.
    Coastal Suffolk/Essex Border- Clay soil
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    many thanks to you all
    will take more pics and post soon
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