Fruit Identification Please

[Farmer_Gyles]

After cutting back some serious elderberry and conifer growth, I found these ....



They are about 1.5in wide, 1.5in high .... they were green, now turning a lovely yellow .... I think the photo makes them look more golden / darker yellow than in real life .... they are almost a heart shape ....

I can't believe I've lived here 18 years, 11 months, and never spotted these growing in my front drive before .....

[binley100]

Quince ?????

[Farmer_Gyles]

nope .... my neighbour found quince in her garden (after living there 11 years) and we checked photos to confirm it was quince .... the yellow things I have are kind of like plums .... very soft ...

[veggiechicken]

Some sort of mirabelle or a cherryplum?

[Sssam84]

They look like cherry plums. Last year, after having lived there for periods over 25 years (though not for a couple in fairness) I spotted a big tree right across the path from my parent's back garden. I knew there was a tree there but had never seen the fruit, possibly it hadn't fruited before but I don't think so. Anyway, after a massive haul and leaving loads for other people, the council cut it down the other month and I was so angry when I went back. Good food gone to waste and for nothing, found a few trees in the city but the public ones all have rotten fruit. No free plum jam for me this year...


Rather a long rant after giving you the possible info in the first sentence, sorry!

[FB.]

The conical shape of the one in the foreground is a bit unusual, but otherwise they look like the wild cherry/plum-family of fruits which can be found in hedgerows at this time of year.

We've been munching on the orange-red coloured ones as we walked through the countryside recently.
They're only about an inch (2.5cm ) in size. Inside is a stone intermediate in size between a cherry and a plum.
We usually wait until a few fruits lay on the ground to get an idea of whether those still on the branches are ripe. When properly ripe they come off with only a gentle pull - and sometimes even a slight shake of the branch will cause them to drop off.

[orangepippin]

I also think they are probably cherry plums, also known as Myrobalans.