Date Stones

Quite a subtropical paradise going on there then

 

Although trees from semi-tropical areas will live in the UK, they will not produce viable seed. Corsican pine are one of these. When I started on Forestry I remarked to my Forester that the cones on the Corsican looked good, he told me to pick one and open it up which I did and there were no seed in it.

 

Aah, Corsican squirells

Bit like the sweet chestnuts struggling to produce seed on the edge of their northern range then. Sometimes we get a crop but more often than not, they are not worth picking.