Help with tree identification please

[jayjaybee]

The grapevine was so clever identifying common milkwort, here's another poster. What's this tree?

[Thelma Sanders]

Not sure, thinking apple or quince - but leaning more towards quince, something to do with the leaf texture

[veggiechicken]

I'm thinking crab apple..........maybe?

[jayjaybee]

I'm thinking crab apple..........maybe?

I agree slightly but the leaf size is huge, at least 6" from stem to tip, rather large for an apple variant.

[veggiechicken]

Has it flowered this year?
I "think" triploid apples have larger than normal leaves.

[nickdub]

Pretty sure VC is right and its an apple - doesn't look like any type I know eater, cooker or crab - will be possible to give a better answer hopefully, if the fruit develops and you can post a photo of those - might simply be a seedling.

[veggiechicken]

Seems early to have fruit - compared to my apple trees?

[nickdub]

very true VC

[jayjaybee]

Seems early to have fruit - compared to my apple trees?

The picture with fruit is from last season around 20 August.
It's taken a wee while for me to get round to posting the pictures.
The attached photo is from the same tree yesterday, albeit a little wilted as I forgot to put it in water overnight.

[nickdub]

beats me - if you get fruit this year please pick one and cut it in half, then post a photo of what you find - the seeds ought to give us a better indication of what sort of fruit it is.

[jayjaybee]

Sounds like a plan, will do.

[1Bee]

Um, hard to tell on my screen... but could it be a large-leaved lime? I'm not sure about the fruitlets, though.

[veggiechicken]

Where is it growing?

[jayjaybee]

Where is it growing?

In a natural burial ground, in very chalky ground

[veggiechicken]

Do the burial ground owners keep records of which tree is planted where?