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By Neellan

denbighshire, Wales

What are these berries please




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I thought they might be Malus "golden hornet" a crab apple but they seem a bit small so.......?

22 Nov, 2009

 

are they a buckthorn?

22 Nov, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

I agree with Neellan - M. 'Golden Hornet'.

22 Nov, 2009

 

They look more like Buckthorn to me too - but is that foliage associated, or from something else growing there? And how tall is the berried shrub?

22 Nov, 2009

 

Thankyou SBG Sid and Bamboo It's a tall old tree 10' or so the foliage is not associated that is an Acer next to it.
Are Golden Hornet fruit small?

22 Nov, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

It's a type of crabapple Neellan, about cherry sized i'd say.

23 Nov, 2009

 

Won't be buckthorn at that size - pick one of the larger ones, see if they've got a stone inside, or just a lot of pulp with tiny seeds or, if it is a crabapple, it will have an apple like arrangement of seeds inside - a cluster of pips in the centre. Some other info, like leaf shape and colour, blossom type, would be useful, but it could be crabapple (malus) - the only thing is, I can't see the pedicels (the stalks holding the fruits onto the branch) it looks as if the fruits are individually held on the branches. Cut a fruit open and see.

23 Nov, 2009

 

Thanks Sid and Bamboo the tree is not in my garden my daughter sent me the photo
You have been most helpful thankyou

23 Nov, 2009

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