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| emilyluddite |
Plummy things id pleaseCan anyone tell me what these plummy things are please - I've put them next to a branch of sloe for comparison. they've been greeny yellow most of the year and extremely sour, but now are turning colour and almost dropping off the tree i thougt i would try some wine with them ( am all jammed out ) they're not so sour now either, and there are so many of them it seems a waste not to do something!
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| gil |
Bullaces of some kind.
You could make jelly with them instead of jam Would also make good bullace gin |
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| emilyluddite |
Thanks gil, yes jelly would be easier than all that skimming of stones which is worth it with damsons i think, but as i said i'm a bit jammed out, so i think it's plum (or bullace or whatever they are) plonk for me! | ||||
| whitelegg1 |
Could be some sort of Gage???
we have a greengage in our front garden....they do occasionally go purple!! Pete 
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| Tittch |
Aren't the black ones plump sloes? | ||||
| Jamanda |
The dark ones look exactly like what we have been picking large numbers of. I decided they were bullaces, but I think wild plums sounds nicer for the wine, jam, gin etc that I've made from them. | ||||
| lettucewoman |
I found some of these too a few weeks ago - took pics but didnt get round to posting them!
I went on the net to look them up and thought they were too small for bullaces.... |
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| lettucewoman |
.........er..they are.....she put them there for size comparison..... 
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| Tittch |
LOL. D'oh! |
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| emilyluddite |
thanks everyone, I didn't know there was so much to know about bullaces, however after much research I now feel confident to state that these are in fact bullaces but now have to establish whether they are Black, Shepherds, Golden or Langley.... http://www.biglittlefruit.co.uk/Bullaces.htm | ||||
| Jamanda |
Blimey - I thought bullaces was a catch-all for things that didn't fit into other categories. Sigh - more stuff to identify 
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| emilyluddite |
Nice to know that somebody cares about these little things though isn't it?
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| Jamanda |
Well I'm going to call mine black. Black bullace gin anyone? | ||||
| emilyluddite |
Got some on the windowsill as we speak Could possibly rename the things that seem to be intermediate between sloes and damsons - damsloes or slamsons 
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