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Damson Trees?
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from "Joan Edington" contains these words: I'm not that good at gardening and especially at identifying species of anything. We moved into our house nearly 20 years ago and have a fairly large garden with a wildish bit over the fence at the bottom. There is a row of trees there that have simply seemed a nuisance and we constantly cut back. Mini trees crop up all over the garden that have similar leaves so we have blamed the rogues at the bottom. Last year, for the first time, it had a crop of what seemed to be damsons. I looked up pictures and all seemed to point to me being right. I made several pots of jam which I've yet to try. This year, no crop again and I'm starting to worry about whether they really are damson trees. If they are, it's unusual behaviour to fruit every 20 years?!?!? Not much money in that for growers. If not, what could they be and is the jam safe to eat? I was looking forward to it. Probably bullaces, which flower earlier, and thus get frosted, as well as having less chance of insect pollination. Otherwise, there's not a lot of difference between bullaces and damsons - er - except that bullaces are much more prone to suckering... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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