Sloe or damson or other ?

[Ferret664]

Can anyone identify this Berry please ? It looks like a damson but is very sour ? 

[Yellow Bear]

looks like a bulace in that shot

[Ferret664]

Right are they sour ? As I was looking over the bush that was laden with them and tried a couple all were hard but dark in colour or starting to rot which I obviously didn’t try !! Damson are sweet right ? As I collect a load somewhere else looked the same but were lovely and sweet like a plum but looked exactly the same 

[Ferret664]

Could it still be used in gin,whisky or such or for jam ? 

[Walker570]

The green/yellow Shepperds Bulace I have are also very hard initially and sour and difficult to pick off the tree. Just shake the branch and those that fall off are very ripe and sweet and delicious so do not know if the black bulace are the same.  Certainly look like bulace to me.  If they are hard to touch they are not ripe and the natural sugars have not risen to ripen them.

Like plums they do go past their best quickly once ripe.

[Ferret664]

Ok thanks 

[Ferret664]

Sorry me again Haha can anyone identify these plums please they're very sweet and darker inside then damsons 

[Walker570]

Do they break clean from the stone when ripe?  If they do and are about damson shape and 1 1/8 to 1 1/4 inch long then damazene. They are obviously very ripe in the photo.

Look up damazene on google.   Difficult to judge size from the photo.  Go nice with a drop of gin I bet.  My wife just returned from Aldi with some Topaz Blue gin and must say it is a nice drink, flavoursome. Just added some to some squashed damazenes.  

[Ferret664]

They're about the size of a 50p . I have loads but won't let me send a picture above 3mb !? Erm not too bad  Was thinking of making into jam ? 

Edited September 27, 2019 by Ferret664

[figgy]

Bullace is just a name for wild plums.

[Ferret664]

31 minutes ago, figgy said:

Bullace is just a name for wild plums.

Well some are sitting in gin and rum and I can say they make a fabulous jam ! 

[figgy]

The more sour the fruit the better the jam and liquer they seem to make. 

[GingerCat]

1 hour ago, figgy said:

The more sour the fruit the better the jam and liquer they seem to make. 

I agree with that. 

[Ferret664]

Also made a batch of mirabelle plum jam 

[Demonic69]

As we're on the berry identification mission, any idea what these are? 

I was hunting for sloes earlier, thanks to you guys and your sloe ginspiration. They'd all been picked but there ere a few of these about

[JDog]

1 hour ago, Demonic69 said:

As we're on the berry identification mission, any idea what these are? 

I was hunting for sloes earlier, thanks to you guys and your sloe ginspiration. They'd all been picked but there ere a few of these about

Prunus lusitanica.

[ditchman]

not to be confused with pin cherry which contain cyanide

[martinj]

On ‎30‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 13:05, Demonic69 said:

As we're on the berry identification mission, any idea what these are? 

I was hunting for sloes earlier, thanks to you guys and your sloe ginspiration. They'd all been picked but there ere a few of these about

That's Laurel, all parts of the plant, including the fruit are poisonous

[martinj]

On ‎25‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 17:19, Yellow Bear said:

looks like a bulace in that shot

I was going to say that Bullaces are green but apparently there is a purple variant too.

Edited October 24, 2019 by martinj

[Demonic69]

3 hours ago, martinj said:

That's Laurel, all parts of the plant, including the fruit are poisonous

I'll not be drinking that then!

 

Cheers

[martinj]

Hope you didn't make any