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Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: mojocafa on September 13, 2014, 04:17:40 pm

Title: What kind of fruit is this
Post by: mojocafa on September 13, 2014, 04:17:40 pm: It's growing in abundance on my roadside
Cheers in advance
Title: Re: What kind of fruit is this
Post by: bloomer on September 13, 2014, 04:22:34 pm: are they not rosehips?
Title: Re: What kind of fruit is this
Post by: mojocafa on September 13, 2014, 05:32:40 pm: That's what I thought but didn't know,
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 13, 2014, 06:05:15 pm: They look like rose hips to me as well.
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Post by: Anke on September 14, 2014, 03:47:40 pm: Definitely rosehips of some kind or other (as in which specific rose I don't know).
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Post by: Marches Farmer on September 14, 2014, 04:41:30 pm: Great in hedgerow jam but pick 'em young or filter it to make jelly - the seeds are like shrapnel if you don't.
Title: Re: What kind of fruit is this
Post by: mojocafa on September 14, 2014, 09:16:38 pm: On further investigation..... I think it is berries off a spice bush .
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Post by: tattycat on September 19, 2014, 09:46:44 am: What sort of spice bush? We've moved recently and have a wild plum/black bullace/cherry plum. Made some jam and it's divine!!
Title: Re: What kind of fruit is this
Post by: shygirl on September 19, 2014, 09:51:35 am: i think they are rosehips aswell but a different variety than what we have. if you google rosehips, loads of pictures come up.