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Are these Sloes?

berrydog · 2016-10-24 11:01:56

I picked these small, purple fruits from the hedgerow yesterday. The bush/small tree that they grew on had small, green leaves. Their skin is purple, some with a blue'ish bloom, and the flesh is greenish - there's a hard stone in the centre of each fruit. They're all the size of a 5p piece or slightly larger. I'd love to…

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Invicta2 Posts: 663

October 2016

There is a third plant to be considered and that is the Bullace, a small fruited plum sometimes mistaken for Sloes, I believe it is mainly found in the south of England in Hedgerows.

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