Wild fruit trees?

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  1. kizzie

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    Hi these tress are all round the fields where I walk my dog.

    Are they edible? I don't want to make killer krumble or poison me pie:scratch:

    Anyone know what they are?
     
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    Hi Kizzie,

    Any chance of a slightly bigger pic, can't quite make them out.:)
     
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    Ziggy they are normal size, I did the same as I did in my other thread but these have come out small. Anyone know why?
     
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    OK that's better don't know what went wrong with the last one
     
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    Blimey, that is better:dbgrtmb:

    3rd from the bottom looks like a Walnut. One above it looks like an Elder.
     
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    Ziggy. That one is very "apple" like Found some more today but didn't take photos. Little blue berries?

    Some look like plums, some like cherries. most have fallen now but would like to know for next year then I can go scrumping :yahoo: or not:(

    The only ones I know for sure are edible are the blackberries there are tons of those :D
     
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      Oh it does look very similar doesn't it. I will prod and poke the tree tomorrow on my walk and see if I can get one and open it up.

      Would be wonderful if it is , as I use walnuts for flour :D
       
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      Its got a disease typical of walnuts on the leaves too.

      You'll have to get thru the fleshy covering to get to the nut, your fingers will get very stained.
       
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      Yes I noticed the disease. thought it looked quite nice and unusual :o

      Im going to have to get a very long poky stick to get any down.

      I wonder why there are so many different fruit trees and and bushes in these hedgerows , Wonder if many years ago there was different orchards in the area and these are just stray seeds from them . :dunno:
       
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      That is a lot, you can tell the age of a hedgerow using Hooper's Law.

      Dating Ancient hedges in Llanarth, West Wales.

      I noticed that the hedge at the bottom of my first garden had far too many native trees & shrubs in it. Unusual for the middle of a city, so I looked at the old maps in the library & found that the recreation ground behind us was the last surviving field from the farm that was there 200 years ago. All the other fields are now full of houses, but the hedgerow had survived from that time.
       
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      The others look like plums and one looks like cherry plums.

      Off topic: ziggy, the hedgerow that runs along the edge of the field at the end of the row of our few houses is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Doesn't any different from the other hedges :what:.
       
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      So do you think they are edible? I will of corsetry and find out more about them before I eat anything

      Im going to get a book on foraging as I would love to take this up and save myself some money and try new things at the same time.

      Just got to find a good clear book that wont get me killed dead :D
       
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      That should be "I will of course try"

      My spell check hates me sometimes but too funny to not leave there :heehee:
       
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