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    Anyone know what type of tree this is?
    Its on a friends allotment thinks it may be apple or pear but what kind?
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  • #2
    Probably some sort of wild plum with those thorns.

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    • #3
      I think it's a quince.
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      • #4
        Yes, I thought cherry plum probably. They are often used as rootstock, so could be the original graft died off, or the cherry plum grew suckers and took over.
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        • #5
          I would be inclined to taste one of the fruits now to ascertain whether it is apple or pear or something else.
          I would then wait until they appear ripe, take some photographs of the fruit and leaves, taste one and send me the rest.
          Feed the soil, not the plants.
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          • #6
            Quinces have a more pronounced shape where the flower petals were - I'm with VC on this one, some sort of prunus or plum.
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Martin H View Post
              I think it's a quince.
              Or perhaps some sort of plum.

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              • #8
                I see lots of these trees around unfortunately I don't know what they are but they do taste lovely


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                • #9
                  We had something similar when we had the lottie. It was a very late type of plum with small sweet yellow fruits that didn't ripen until late October. Might be a greengage?
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                  • #10
                    I'd go with a Mirabelle plum tree.

                    Plum 'Mirabelle de Nancy' - Stone Fruit Trees - Thompson & Morgan


                    I have had a lost label tree growing in my garden here for about 5 years and it too has 2-3" thorns on it.
                    I have 'ummed and arrd' what it might be and last year it produced one tiny round fruit- which promptly dropped off well before it was ripe!

                    I then thought it was perhaps a sloe cos they have thorns..ah well- best get some gin in I thought!

                    BUT...this year the tree is covered in fruit which are ripening and it's clearly a mirabelle- and I'm thrilled!!!

                    They apparently come in colours of yellow, through to blush and on to reddish varieties.

                    Fingers crossed it's one of those. The fruit is flippin expensive to buy - if you can find them in the UK!
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                    • #11
                      I would suggest at least cut one of the fruit in half and then you'll be able to tell what it is ( ie plum family/apple /pear) ...but I'm 100% it's of the plum family.
                      I'll buy you a pint if I'm wrong!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                        I would suggest at least cut one of the fruit in half and then you'll be able to tell what it is ( ie plum family/apple /pear) ...but I'm 100% it's of the plum family.
                        I'll buy you a pint if I'm wrong!
                        Come to think of it they do have stones and not pips


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                        • #13
                          sounds like an american plum lots of their varieties have thorns.


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                            Probably some sort of wild plum with those thorns.
                            I have a wild pear(to feed the birds) and it looks very like that..

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