In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
Gordon H writes:
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| I don't like to tell you it was some years ago I ate part of one. :-(
| Not a juicy as the plums that a friend grew in her garden.

Almost certainly a damson or bullace then. Generally stronger flavoured,
more sour and less juicy.

Thanks, they looked like what I have always regarded as damsons.
It just seems a strange choice of tree to line a park!

Yesterday I pulled up three or four 18" saplings which had grown in my
garden...
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Gordon H