Is this edible?

[Bramble_killer]

went out for a walk and spotted some rosehips and these 2 berries. wondered if they were edible?

I wish there was more hedgerow around here, we get blackberries and oak trees.



sorry, I don't know which forum they should be in. please move to where it should go

[Glutton4...]

Were they prickly bushes? If so, they're probably Hawthorn on the left, and Sloe on the right.

[Bramble_killer]

I didn't notice if they were particularly prickly. but I have found a source of sloes. woop.

[chris]

Yup leaves defo look like sloes to me! No idea about the the other. Taste one, if you're able to post back tomorrow and your mouth instantly dries up, it's a slow and not something nasty!

[Two_Sheds]

I'm fairly sure on the hawthorn (left pic) but not at all sure about the 'sloe'. Sloes (BLACKTHORN) definitely have big, long, sharp thorns

[solway cropper]

The left one is hawthorn and they are edible. They can be made into a decent jelly if boiled with apples.

The one on the right could be blackthorn (sloe) but the fruits usually have a bluish cast. Yours don't look quite right to me and you would certainly know if you tried to pick sloes from a bush without wearing a suit of armour!

[TEB]

The berries on the right look and bit small and too black for sloe, in fact the berries remind me of deadly nightshade

[Bramble_killer]

:O :O

I shall go and see if there is sharp thorns.

[chris]

Let us know BK- the leaves look the same of a bush I had before...

Thinking about this some more - had a look at belladona, its leaves are different to the picture above by BK.

Have a quick look at this too, BK
http://www.skillsforwildlives.com/20...ication-guide/