[alexheys]

This doesn't really add anything to the technical discussion about bullace but my next door neighbour hs two trees, one of which is clearly bullace based on these descriptions: greeny yellow round fruit that ripen to red and are a little too sour to eat uncooked. But he's also got another tree next to it that has red leaves and purple fruit which are very nice. The reason I mention it is because he calls them sugar plums which, while not strictly accurate, judging by anything else I could find on the internet, is certainly a more poetic name than the ungainly bullace. And, by the way, it's early August in Ipswich and both trees are absolutely laden with fruit after nothing last year.