Locations of fruit trees/bushes to pick from in Stafford?

Withnail

Withnail

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Update on above:

Sorry to any quince fans out there but have decided that i'm going to give first dibs to Mr P&A as a 'Welcome Home' present - assuming

a) He's back in time
b) He doesn't know where it is already (take yer panga by the way)

Apologies for any disappointment and all that.
 
MarkyD

MarkyD

Marcus
There's some apple trees along this path somewhere. Type @52.805875,-2.156453 into Google maps.
 
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Sir BoD

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Gramaisc said:
The rowan trees here are absolutely laden this year - should anybody want any..
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That's just made me realise that I have probably been getting Elderflower and Rowan mixed up! To be fair, from what I can gather checking on t'interweb, visually, there isn't that much of a difference. It does say that Elderflower leaves have slightly serrated edges and are usually bunched into five.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Elder.

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Rowan.

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The colours should be a good enough guide - rowan, red/orange and elder, black. Elderberries are only around half the diameter of rowan berries, usually.

Rowan tree are more of a tree-shape - elder are often multi-stemmed from the base. Elder is rarely planted deliberately, rowan often are, so the position can also be a good clue.

Even the birds often leave rowan trees until there not much else available, though some people do make 'wine' from the berries..
 
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Sir BoD

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They're only that obvious though when they've borne fruit. When they're flowering, they are very similar, honest guv'. Your pictures have blown out of the water what I'd read about Elderflower leaves having serrated edges!!:raise:

I read though that the clincher in the deal is the difference in the bark - one's much louder and aggressive than the other.

It does say the Elder has a more gnarly and lichen prone bark and can have several off-shoots of its' main trunk, whereas the Rowan is much more smooth and vertical.

One thing's for certain - I ain't no Les Hiddins!
 
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Hixon & MOD Fireworks

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Well a few weeks ago I was at the Milford common car park and saw this guy picking up chestnuts the tree was loaded. Went back the next day and picked a load, roasted in the village pub a couple of days later. ... yum!
 
PeterD

PeterD

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Has anyone come across any crab apples, I am going to need some in a few weeks for some jam I am planning to make, cant recall seeing any about.
 
peggy

peggy

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I love this thread, I'm going to force the children on a foraging expedition, i want apples, blackberries and any other fruit for a crumble
 
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Roland

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I don't know if it has been mentioned before but there is an apple tree laden with fruit on the north bound slip way to the M6 at junction 14.
 
kyoto49

kyoto49

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Damson tree on the lines near the Eccleshall Rd bridge, cemetary side of the lines............loads of purple damsons on it, the tree!
 
basil

basil

don't mention the blinds
Apples are in abundance opposite Vision Vauxhall, in quieter moment it's acceptable to park in the bus-stop layby to do your scrumping.......
 
flossietoo

flossietoo

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On the old railway line from Haughton you can currently find:
Loads of damsons
Heaps of elderberries
Some rowan berries (but be careful - the tree in the car park is not rowan)
Some gages
A few blackberries, most having already been picked.

The hazel has no nuts this year, the same going for the apple tree nearby. There are some lovely plump rose hips ripening though and I have a bag of 'ice cubes' of chopped, frozen wild garlic picked from there earlier this year.

I am still waiting for someone to befriend the owner of the fig tree on The Oval.
 
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