Plums

[sda]

I was out on a cycle, that included a towpath. There were a number of trees bearing a small plum about the size of a large cherry. Is it a wild plum or a particular type?

[GeorgeSalt]

Probably feral plums reverting back to their parentage (cherry plum, Prunus cerasifera, is a possible ancestor of the domestic plum), we found three or four trees on a cycle ride last weekend and picked about a pound.

[Thomzo]

What colour were they? I have a cherry plum, as mentioned by George, and they start yellow, ripening to deep red. They're delicious.

Zoe

[sda]

Most are red, but some trees have yellow ones that are ripe. Having looked it up, they are the cherry plums and are edible without having to be cooked.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Sound like bullace plums. Well, that's what we used call them in Norfolk. Perfectly edible when fully ripe and make very good jam, but they are fiddly to stone

[sda]

No, they're not bullace - definitely cherry plums.

[boboff]

Ha! We used to have this argument in the Pub about 20 years ago, one would say Damsons, one Sloes, one plums!

[sda]

no, really, they are cherry plums, mostly, there are also a few Mirabelle plums and the other day I saw what looked like semi-ripe Victorias!

[boboff]

Alright with your Eye's Raised smiley..

1. I was having a nice reminisecnce
2. If you are so clever why ask the bloomin question.

Sake

[MKG]

Sound like potatoes to me.



Mike