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Originally Posted by trilbyhat  Hi folks,
Although a new guy to this site, I've been using Bullaces and Sloes for winemaking gathered here in the W. Midlands over many years. Often I plant the stones (pits) and now have a few bushes in my own garden. Up till last Autumn I had never seen or heard of a "cherry plum" when I discovered a small grove of them fruiting heavilly near the River Tame. Your posts above told me what they were. I made excellent jam from them and a gallon of wine (yet to be tried).
Two puzzles arise:
1. One of my own seedlings which had not previously fruited also produced a few Cherry Plums. It can only have grown from a Bullace or Sloe stone.
2. This year the same tree has flowered profusely and some tiny fruitlets are already showing but among them are some which are very pale green and elongated rather in the form of a tiny Chile Pepper. I never spray so am wondering if this will be a mutation or a viral infection. |
I am glad I re-read these posts, I found what I initially thought were galls on a bullace/cherry plum tree, now I know that they were a fruiting body,huzzah!
Locally there were Sloes, Damsons, Greengages and two types of this Plum Cherry one of which may be a Bullace. The problem is with so much 'infill' building these old garden orchards are being ripped out.