wild Fruit tree id?

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    Hi Everyone
    Hope you dont mind trying another ID for me.
    while blackberry picking the week before last i came across these 2 trees, can anyone tell me what they are...and are they edible?
    thanks
    Gill
     
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    Hi Samsoph.. The first are Sloes (Blackthorne Prunus spinosa) , :wink: for making Sloe Gin (Pink Gin).. The 2nd is the fruit from the Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus).. These are edible in very small quantities as very very acidic...!! :wink:
     
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    you can eat Viburnum opulus? :euw:

    I seem to remember that they smell very much like dog poo:hol:
     
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    :lollol: So they say Aesculus, but I don't think I would want to eat them either..!!! Hadn't noticed that they smell, but there is a nasty smell about some of the Viburnums I agree.... :rotfl:
     
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    Thanks for the replies...seems such a waste that something so abundant cant just be eaten
    Gillx
     
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    :wink: Ahhh.. May seem a waste to you, but a veritable feast for the birds later... :gnthb:
     
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    Viburnum opulus, AKA Guelder Rose ( US ), AKA European Cranberry Bush.:gnthb:
     
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    :dh: Well well Dai never got that far, but now it makes more sense that they are edible to us.... :dh::D
     
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    I always thought opulus was sterile, so no one more surprised than me.:lollol::lollol::gnthb:
     
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