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Originally Posted by Christina Websell
I promised Spider I would look at it in the Spring to see if we could
identify it.
It has apple-like leaves. It has buds that are flushed red and opens into
white blossom with five large petals, in bunches.
It has a bark like a hawthorn, and is similar in shape and size for a 30 yr
old hawthorn. It has fruit similar to hawthorn, but not the same.
Whatever it is the fieldfares loved it.
I would really like to know what it is.
Tina
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Is it one of the Sorbus? Sorbus aria, whitebeam, with furry white underside to leaves? Seems a long shot, but a close relative to rowan which is a favourite of the thrush family, and the fruit matches.
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