Does anyone know what kind of fruit this is?
They are about the size of olives, but taste like plums. The skin is a dark indigo color, but the flesh is orange and red, like plums. It contains a long, pointed, flat pit.
Here are some pictures I took: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61539586/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61539522/
2007-08-05 14:52:16 · 10 answers · asked by Emilie 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
I am almost certain that these are damsons. The damson is a very distinct variety of plum (Prunus domestica), with a quite different flavour. I'm surprised noone else got this. I knew it just from your description, which was very good btw!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damson
Listen to shitzu girl. Prune is a truly retarded answer as a prune is indeed a product which can be made from plums and not a kind of plant. She could also be correct in her identification. When a plum pit grows naturally into a tree it often reverts to a wild type, with smaller fruits, like its European ancestor.
2007-08-06 01:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are "wild plums" I made jelly/jam out of some last year.
Whoever has said that they are prunes are WRONG... prunes are DRIED plums!... so don't listen to them!
2007-08-05 15:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by shihtzugirl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Austria we would call it "Zwetschke" (don't even try to pronounce it) very popular here, my mother has a tree in her garden. Very tasty.
Curious Orange gave the English name - so no need to repeat it.
2007-08-06 02:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Curious Orange is absolutely right!
@ Martin S: I think the spelling is "Zwetschge". We also use that word in Bavarian dialect.
2007-08-06 03:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Masterswot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be a prune. Smaller than the average plum, but just as tasty.
2007-08-05 15:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it could be "duhat", a filipino fruit that taste sweet/tangy... talso called black plu or java plum... though you said that the flesh is orange/red...duhat has white flesh... just a guess...
2007-08-05 15:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
beach plum?
2007-08-05 19:40:01 · answer #7 · answered by glenn t 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's plums you just have such a bumper crop that they are dinky.
2007-08-05 17:48:26 · answer #8 · answered by lilabner 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i thought they were blueberries at first but they dont look like em when you look closer. They are probably some foreign fruit.
2007-08-05 14:55:08 · answer #9 · answered by thesims707 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Prunes?
EDIT: Yes, they are prunes.
2007-08-05 14:59:51 · answer #10 · answered by Starstruck 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋