Thread: Damson Trees?
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Old 22-09-2008, 08:24 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Damson Trees?


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"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| Yours sounds like a throwback; the smallest Prunus domestica that I
| know of is mirabelle, and they are still larger than sloes and about
| as big as cherries. Most damsons are bantam's egg sized.
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| What breed of bantam?
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| :-)

All right, pullet's egg sized, if you prefer :-)

I was referring to the traditional measure of size, which was fairly
standard (if completely nonsensical), not yer actual bantams ....


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Nick Maclaren.