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  • Can someone identify these fruits for me - gages or plums or damsens?

    I have two mature trees in my back garden that were inherited when we moved in, I have pretty much never bothered to use the fruit on them mainly because I always failed to get to them before they went overripe and dropped, but now I am using the section of garden they are in for the veggies, it's become a necessity that I catch as many as I can in time because otherwise I have to pick them out of the raised beds before they form many mini trees!

    Anyway, long story short, I always assumed they were damsons. One tree produces very dark, purple/blue, round fruits just over 1 inch in size, with green flesh, they are pretty good for eating straight off the tree when ripe. The other produces round green fruits just over 1 inch in size that turn a good canary yellow when properly ripe, an have a sort of green flesh than turns yellowy when ripe too. They are also good for eating right off the tree.

    As I say, I had always assumed they were just two varieties of damsons, and was planning to make jam with them this year. However I've just googled and it turns out you don't get yellow damsons, so I am stumped!!

    I have looked online but none of the descriptions I've seen have totally described the yellow/green fruit - the closest I came to were Old English Gages but it said they turn a faint yellow when ripe but these are definately yellow, no faint about it.

    Anyway, I have attached a photo, in the photo, the fruit on the left is the dark blue/purple fruit, the fruit bottom right is the less ripe gage (?) and the fruit top right is the properly ripe yellow gage, the yellow and green are from the same tree.

    Any ideas, clever people?
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  • #2
    Deffo look like greengages to me (the green/yellow ones) and you've not died through eating them. Would say damsons and gages. Jam away. Pie fillings or damson wine hic...!
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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    • #3
      Bulaces. They come in green and black....well that's my guess for two of them. The other ( top right)I think is a greengage.

      Damsons are more rugby ball shaped aren't they??????

      Then again- I'm most certainly no fruit expert!!!
      Last edited by Nicos; 27-08-2011, 09:38 PM.
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      • #4
        Ooh never heard of those. Damsons tend to be blue and small - at least the ones I use.
        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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        • #5
          The green and the yellow fruit are from the same tree, so no need to wonder what the third one was Nicos I never even knew about Bullaces, I am now thoroughly confused as to what they are! Either way, is it safe to use them in the same way as Plums/Damsons - jam, crumbles, etc? I certainly haven't died even though I've eaten a few not so ripe ones today!

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          • #6
            The yellow ones could be mirabelles - are they a bit tart when eaten? - they do make a rather good marmalade/jam type preserve.

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            • #7
              It doesn't really matter what kind of plums they are, except to satisfy your curiosity. Just don't waste them, you're very lucky to have them! Jam, wine, pies ...

              more on plum varieties (identify by taste): http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_...ch_2a_plum.asp
              Last edited by Two_Sheds; 28-08-2011, 06:55 AM.
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Definately don't want to waste them, just trying to figure out how on earth to get the ones higher up in the tree - as the raised beds are right under the tree and so is the little greenhouse, it's not as simple as getting a ladder as there's very little even ground that hasn't got plants growing on it!

                Having said that, I got 5kg off just from what I could reach from the ground! That's quite an amount already!

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