"Richard Wright" wrote in message

Thanks for that very specific translation of the label. My
apologies.
I had not considered the possibility that there was a larger
cultivated version of the European hawthorn.

There are many crataegus which have much bigger berries than the
European ones. I have a friend who specialises in growing them (well
south of Sydney in the Southern Tablelands) He has lots of varieties
and one which I seem to recall has very large berries in the Mexican.
He says that Hawthorns take about 2-3 years for the planted haws to
grow.