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I have two mature trees in my back garden that were inherited when we moved in, I have pretty much never bothered to use the fruit on them mainly because I always failed to get to them before they went overripe and dropped, but now I am using the section of garden they are in for the veggies, it's become a necessity that I catch as many as I can in time because otherwise I have to pick them out of the raised beds before they form many mini trees!
Anyway, long story short, I always assumed they were damsons. One tree produces very dark, purple/blue, round fruits just over 1 inch in size, with green flesh, they are pretty good for eating straight off the tree when ripe. The other produces round green fruits just over 1 inch in size that turn a good canary yellow when properly ripe, an have a sort of green flesh than turns yellowy when ripe too. They are also good for eating right off the tree.
As I say, I had always assumed they were just two varieties of damsons, and was planning to make jam with them this year. However I've just googled and it turns out you don't get yellow damsons, so I am stumped!!
I have looked online but none of the descriptions I've seen have totally described the yellow/green fruit - the closest I came to were Old English Gages but it said they turn a faint yellow when ripe but these are definately yellow, no faint about it.
Anyway, I have attached a photo, in the photo, the fruit on the left is the dark blue/purple fruit, the fruit bottom right is the less ripe gage (?) and the fruit top right is the properly ripe yellow gage, the yellow and green are from the same tree.
Any ideas, clever people?
Anyway, long story short, I always assumed they were damsons. One tree produces very dark, purple/blue, round fruits just over 1 inch in size, with green flesh, they are pretty good for eating straight off the tree when ripe. The other produces round green fruits just over 1 inch in size that turn a good canary yellow when properly ripe, an have a sort of green flesh than turns yellowy when ripe too. They are also good for eating right off the tree.
As I say, I had always assumed they were just two varieties of damsons, and was planning to make jam with them this year. However I've just googled and it turns out you don't get yellow damsons, so I am stumped!!
I have looked online but none of the descriptions I've seen have totally described the yellow/green fruit - the closest I came to were Old English Gages but it said they turn a faint yellow when ripe but these are definately yellow, no faint about it.
Anyway, I have attached a photo, in the photo, the fruit on the left is the dark blue/purple fruit, the fruit bottom right is the less ripe gage (?) and the fruit top right is the properly ripe yellow gage, the yellow and green are from the same tree.
Any ideas, clever people?
I never even knew about Bullaces, I am now thoroughly confused as to what they are! Either way, is it safe to use them in the same way as Plums/Damsons - jam, crumbles, etc? I certainly haven't died even though I've eaten a few not so ripe ones today!
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