Comments on: Edible Cherry Plum

By: Wendy Cutler

Wendy Cutler — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:11:29 +0000

Caroline, if you’re still reading this, medlars have to be “bletted” – that is gone through a frost before they’re considered worth eating. I’ve frozen a couple of them from street trees and they were pretty tasty.

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:18:35 +0000

out walking this week came across some beautiful bright red cherry plums looked to be same but much deeper in colour as the ones i picked during the summer although the flesh was not as ripe. Can these still be picked and made into jam

By: Paige

Paige — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:11:59 +0000

I have a wild tree I’m trying to identify, and have been scouring the net trying to find the answer. The tree has smallish oval leaves, had white blossom around March/April, and red cherry looking fruits at the end of April. However it has long spines/thorns up and on the ends of the branches, and I imagine it would do a lot of damage if you fell against it! I cut it back lightly a few weeks ago, and was shocked at just how sharp and long the thorns were. I haven’t eaten any of the fruit, as we are rather spoilt with a 70year old enormous cherry tree, which give us a plentiful supply of delicious fruit.
Any ideas what type of tree this is? I’m not sure I like something this spiky in the garden!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:42:35 +0000

Imelda: I have no idea, but ‘rock hard’ usually means the cherry plum is unripe.

By: imelda

imelda — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:27:29 +0000

i have a cherry plum tree and it has quite a lot of fruit this is just its second year but the fruit is rock hard is this normal

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:41:45 +0000

Grace: If you can’t ID it 100% don’t put it in your mouth. If in doubt, leave it out.

By: Grace Fairbanks

Grace Fairbanks — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:36:52 +0000

Hi
My relatives have a plum tree purple leaves with an underlying green colour. The plums are egg shape and dark red to purple when ripe. My mum and sisters eate one a few weeks ago with no side effects and so did I today it tasted just like a nice ripe plum should. So I picked a kilo but I am unsure if I should eat them or not because my relatives planted the tree so long ago they can not remember the name but said they are not edible, it was brought ornimental plum tree and even the birds apparently do not eat them! Should /can I eat them? thanks Grace

By: Pauleen Stewart

Pauleen Stewart — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:49:07 +0000

Hi does anybody know if cherry plum trees are okay pollinators for ordinary plum trees, as I have a small cherry plum in my garden and an inherited plum tree on my allotment, which this year bore one fruit. The cherry plum is small enough to dig up when dormant and transplant on my allotment if mutual pollination could occur ?

By: Colin McNulty

Colin McNulty — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:14:59 +0000

Hi all,

I have a tree growing in my garden that I think is a cherry-plum, but am rather nervous of munching its fruit without a bit of reassurance. If you would be so kind to cast your experienced eye over it, here’s a picture (if this html works!):

I appreciate it’s difficult possibly to identify just from a photo, so I guess my question really is this: is there anything close to this that could be poisonous?

Many thanks.

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:51:59 +0000

Hi All. a friend of mine has several ‘cherry plum’ trees in his orchard & for many years has wondered what they were, until today when we took a sample to our local garden centre & was told what they were. I make my own jam from greengage/damson etc & am now looking forward to making cherry plum jam.Thanks for all the interesting comments.