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    This grows in our neighbour's garden. We think it is a wild plum.

    The fruit is very small - slightly less than 3/4"
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    The tree is very large - at the bottom of the picture is our privet hedge at a height of 7ft
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    The leaves
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    Thanks :)
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I was sitting in the queue at the local tip about two weeks ago and these were growing in the hedgerow.
    The hedge was mixed and these looked to me like a yellow version of sloes or what ever those purple things are that fall off all over the roads at this time of year.

    Blackthorn.
     
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      Mirabelle?
       
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        Mirabelle looks like it :blue thumb: but the tree looks a bit large :scratch:. I suppose it could have just grown well.
         
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        With the amount of fruit it must drop perhaps it's self fertilised the soil and gone a bit mad?!
         
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          Bit late for Cherry/Mirabelle Plums. The last ones round here fell to the ground weeks ago (made plum chutney with them).

          If it's tart then it's more likely to be (ungrafted) Bullace.
           
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            Can't see any more on the tree (from my side of the hedge) and am not sure whether I wish to taste it. I'll put on my brave face and give it a try - if I can remember where I had put it. :heehee:
             
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            Found it and ate it. Reasonably sweet. So do I consider it Mirabelle? :)
             
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              Kumquat is not really hardy enough.
               
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                @shiney I'd say Mirabelle, but whats the stone like?
                 
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                Sorry, can't say as I didn't take notice of it and Mrs S. has dumped the bin into the wheelie bin that goes out tomorrow. :noidea:
                 
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