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Old 23-09-2007, 05:04 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Sloes/damsons (slightly OT)


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Jennifer Sparkes writes:
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| I wondered about bullace but isn't a bullace more of a greeny colour?
| (outside I mean). I am just about to jam them now anyway.
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| IIRC this came up this time last year and surprised me.
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| If you look at Bullace in Google Images they show both colours ...

That would figure. Clapham, Tutin and Warberg says that they are usually
blue-black or purple - with the implication that they sometimes aren't.
As they are ancestral to all modern plums (including greengages etc.), it
isn't surprising if they have a similar range of colours.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
 
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