Fruits within the wood good or bad????

:cnfs:Before sampling I wonder if it would be possible to identify these fruits very abundant in my local woods.
Similar to cherries in size about 25mmD,bright to dark red.
Flesh very similar texture as to plums extremly juicy ,very tempting???
The leaves are about 50mm in length with serrated edges which I hope show in photos.:gnthb:

 

Hi fruit was hung from trellis to photograph but in reallity is growing from very large trees within the woods in abundance.(didnt have camera when I cam across them)
Small stone ample flesh,all fruits as shown hang in bunches..hope this helps..can disect fruit if required?

Have since been back to woods and photographed in situ....will get these uploaded later in day.Thanks

 

Hi fruit was hung from trellis to photograph but in reallity is growing from very large trees within the woods in abundance.(didnt have camera when I cam across them)
Small stone ample flesh,all fruits as shown hang in bunches or singularly..hope this helps..can disect fruit if required?

Have since been back to woods and photographed in situ....will get these uploaded later in day.Thanks[/quote]

 

Return from woods with photos of items in situ.Might add there are about a dozen trees in this area all loaded with fruit?trees reach 30 to 40ft in height,growth mainly in upper canopy,diameter of trees between 1ft and 18 inches.Fruit grows as can be seen singularly or bunched as with cherries?(size similar to large cherries)
Flesh appears exactly as seen in Victoria plums.
Immature fruits appear as green,then lemon,pale red then dark red?
Hope photos show the scene,and identification is possible....would hate to see a good crop going to waste!!

 

Looks a bit like a cherry plum.
Give it a google.

 

Looks pretty obviously like a plum to me.

 

Similar to ones growing near the reservoir near me. If they are the same they are Mirabelle Plums.

some are sweet and sometime are bitter - we also have red and yellow ones.

As well as being pleasant to eat they make lovely jam. And My sister in law made plum vodka last Christmas with some of them, which went down very well.

 

:gnthb:many thanks looks like i am in for a treat as they are growing in an isolated part of the woods down here in Devon,with it appears, just myself interested!!:yho:

 

Just discovered some more info..apparently they are wild plums defined by shape of stone?Stone is flat with two defined creases,whereas cherry plums apparently have round stones?
Site was originally that of a stately home 18/19C then turned over to the Navy as a training college with the outer grounds left much as they are.The college was demolished many years ago,with again the wooded areas left undisturbed,so the trees could be extremely old?

 

Cherry plum stones are flati-sh with creases. I'll take photos of some of mine when I get a minute and post them.

 

Thank you for that....pos ID is always a plus so appreciate your time:ntwrth:

 

Sorry it took a while!





Hope that helps.