Help ID please as eaten by child

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  1. cab50

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    I'm pretty sure that's a purple Cherry plum. It's edible but the mature stones are about 2 cm in length by maybe 1.5 cm width. Was the whole fruit consumed or just the flesh?
     
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    cab50 Apprentice Gardener

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    Not sure - she had red on her lips

    Flesh is not red but skin is

    On tall tree
     
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    Yes, I would agree it's a Prunus cerasifera 'P i s s ardi'. It's the cherry plum tree. I have one and they are completely harmless. Here, should I get to them before the birds, they are lovely and sweet and taste like cherries.

    I bought my tree at 3 meters and had to cut it back after a light frost on the top of it this winter but I have seen them in Spain at 30 meters easily.
     
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    I have two Prunus(cerasifera nigra) of which has edible fruit
    on it now:)

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