ID please

[Dan S]

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone knew what this could be, Its from a big tree in the front of my house.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Its a decorative cherry. You can also ID the tree's by the horizontal stripes on the bark.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...06%2Fstock-photo-Morello-cherry.html;1024;682

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_cerasus

 

[blacktimberwolf]

It's definately cherry but impossible to name the variety..............taste the fruit,( it's perfectly edible) then you can tell if it's a sweet or sour cherry......if they're hard/firm; they may not be ripe yet though.

 

[Dan S]

Ah cool, Was hoping it was cherry. Berries are a little firm atm and tbh tasted quite bland with a hint of bitterness a bit like the skin of a red grape, so i dont think they're ready yet.

Thanks for the cherry ID confirmation Will be looking at making some sort of alcohol from these methinks

 

[British Red]

Could be a Morello (cooking) cherry - mine are about that colour now- they need to be purple to be ripe

 

[Hog On Ice]

interesting - the first Prunus sp. I've seen where one can not make out the glands at the base of the leaf - I'm sure they are there but the glands must be very small on that species