[Sca-cooks] Re: a question for horticulturists

[Huette von Ahrens]

Thanks everyone for the advice.  I was hoping that the tree would suddenly become a worthwhile
fruit tree.  But I was obviously wishful fantasizing.  Oh well.  It still is a pretty tree.
There aren't enough of the little fruitlings to do anything with, so I guess I will just
cut them off.  Sigh.

Hey, Selene!  Would you like to trade some plums for some apricots?  That is, when they ripen?
My apricot tree is full of fruitlings again and will provide another bumper crop this year.
I love the fruit, but when it innundates you as we have been for the past 20+ years, one does
start to crave other fruit.

Huette

--- she not <atamagajobu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Huette von Ahrens said:my mother ..didn't want to have
> to deal with the mess and what to do with an overabundance of plums. So 
> an ornamental was planted.
>  a lovely tree, with purple leaves all year around and 
> lovely pink flowers in the
> spring. 
> 
> Yesterday, I noticed about 8 or more red cherry-sized fruit growing on 
> the tree. Now I am
> wondering if it really is an ornamental?  Is it possible for an tree to go 
> from an ornamental to
> a fruit-bearing tree? 
> That sounds like a purple leaf plum (There are a couple varieties, one is a sand cherry and more
> of a bush, which I'm told is likely to have edible fruit, and one's a tree which doesn't. Birds
> like both) Most trees bear "fruit", which is only a seed covering, after all. the difference is
> that some have been bred for fruit quality and some for ornamental qualities -like the famous
> japanese cherry and plum blossoms-with a negative effect on the useful qualities- (kinda like
> overbred dogs and such :( )  So yours won't produce good plums, but  will produce little
> worthless fruits that fall off and get caught in the lawnmower .  This means your poor mother
> will have to deal with the "mess" anyway, sorry to say.  The fruits might be ok to make things
> like umeboshi, cordials,even plum butter, etc, if they actually ripen..taste one! I really don't
> think they're poisonous or anything- the only reason they might give you a stomacheache would be
> eating them unripe.  Good Luck!
> gisele
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
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