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Old 30-07-2017, 07:27 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren[_5_] Nick Maclaren[_5_] is offline
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Default Can we eat these.

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David wrote:

Nothing showing for me either but I suspect what you have are cherry
plumbs https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/..._Plum_Hedging/


Most likely, and they are excellent for cooking, if a little sour
for most people's taste to eat raw. But it's worth being a bit
careful, as laurel also has such berries (and is NOT safe), and
there are exotic species with similar berries, some of which are
probably poisonous.

The things to check are the bark, leaves, stone and taste. They
should taste like a sour cherry or plum, and NOT taste of bitter
almonds.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.