fruit tree identification

Simon Piggott

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Aug 21, 2002, 2:54:31 PM8/21/02

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I'm hoping someone can identify a fruit tree alongside my local train
station. Fruits are bright yellow, round and cherry sized. Very similar to
cherries in that they have a stone in the centre, similar consistency and
very sweet.They don't seem to be two to a stalk like cherries are
though.They are on a large tree, maybe ten to fifteen feet high, and are
just becoming over-ripe in that they are now just dropping off when you
touch the branch.
I'm hoping to grow one from a stone, in the abscence of a name to ask for at
a garden centre.
Any ideas ?

Kay Easton

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Aug 21, 2002, 3:23:23 PM8/21/02

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In article <ak0nl7$q6g$1...@knossos.btinternet.com>, Simon Piggott
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Cherry plum? Though I've only seen those in red.
--
Kay Easton

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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

cross

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Aug 21, 2002, 4:26:58 PM8/21/02

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"Simon Piggott" <si...@crazyaboutplanes.co.uk> wrote in message
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It could be a bulace tree. We have one that produces yellowish fruits. It
is the wild version of a greengage, I think.
HTH

Marina
E. Sx

Emrys Davies

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Aug 21, 2002, 6:10:53 PM8/21/02

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'Simon',

This is probably a long shot, but it is worth a peep at these Golden
Stark Delicious cherries.

http://www.kidsfarm.com/cherries1.htm

Good luck,
Emrys Davies.

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Sean McCabe

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Aug 22, 2002, 12:51:32 AM8/22/02

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Simon Piggott wrote:

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Sean McCabe

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Aug 22, 2002, 1:04:55 AM8/22/02

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Sorry about the first note--I'm not used to this
new keyboard. If the "cherry" in question is
slightly larger than a red cherry, and the color
is a vanilla yellow, and the stone is slightly
smaller than a regular red cherry, you might
have a "Rainier" cherry that was developed at
Washington State University in 1960.

IIRC, they need to be grafted on rootstock,
so you may not have any luck growing it from
the stone. Do a search under "WSU" and
"Rainier cherries"; there is a ton of information
on the school's site.

IMHO, they are the finest cherry available.

Good luck!

Sean McCabe

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Alan Gould

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Aug 22, 2002, 1:56:47 AM8/22/02

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In article <ak0tgf$16a$1...@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, cross <cross@mannsfarm.f
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>It could be a bulace tree. We have one that produces yellowish fruits. It
>is the wild version of a greengage, I think.
>HTH
>

Or it could be a Myrobalan Plum - Prunus cerasifera.
That produces fruits which look like cherries and taste like plums.
--
Alan & Joan Gould, North Lincs.

Sean McCabe

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Aug 22, 2002, 1:33:41 PM8/22/02

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Sacha wrote:

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<< Are these the lovely cherries one finds so often in France but very
rarely in this country? If so, they really are the best! >>

That is possible, there is a variety called
the "Van" that may have originated in France.
Rainier is a cross between Bing and Van.

Almost all US commercial cherry varieties
originated from French cherries.