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Originally Posted by 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. |
Reading back through this thread, If i remember correctly, the trees near our house only gave a full crop for jam making every other year. No idea if there was any reason for this. It was nearly 25 years since I'd given the trees any thought so my memories could well be wrong.
But now I have a new found interest in the trees and a lovely trip down memory lane.