Saturday, February 14, 2015

Tree Question

Flower found a tree with berries in the parking lot at my work. Turns out, there are a lot of them in the parking lot but we don't know what they are...do you?



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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2015 at 9:30 PM

    I have a tree in my yard here in N.W. Illinois looks just like it but bigger. It's an ornamental plum. Oh they taste terrible too.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    To me they look like crab apples. My crabapple tree in Idaho Falls had bark that was that color , too. If you pick a few, then cut them open at home, you can tell by the seeds if there is one large ( relative to the fruit) seed, the tree is an ornamental plum. If they are not sprayed, you can pick them in early summer & make a decent jelly or jam. If there are multiple seeds inside, then it is probably a crabapple tree, which makes a really good jelly. - Marivene

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  3. hoboFebruary 15, 2015 at 3:14 PM

    I think Anonymous #1 is correct - flowering plum. And if it is, definitely correct that they taste horrible. The neighbors sheep won't even eat them and they love plums.

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  4. Quail bridge farmFebruary 15, 2015 at 4:53 PM

    Way too early for flowering plum. While some may taste bad, our kids eat them off the tree. Don't think it is a crabapple either.

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  5. Inquiring MindsFebruary 17, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    Sure look like crab-apple to me. We had one in the back yard growing up in Ohio. The fruit are just the right size to fit in a slingshot and shoot against the spackled wall of the back porch.

    Not that I would do anything like that, Mom.

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