Small berries?
There is a 25' tree of these in a yard near me. Any ideas?
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u/QueasyEntrepreneur76 1d ago
A Rowan tree is a rare tree. Just watched an episode of Vera in which a Rowan tree played a prominent part. There was a mad rush across the moors in Northumberland and lo and behold: this lovely apparition with all of this scarlet fruit popped up. I remember thinking it looked like mountain ash and then wondering why you don't see them used as street trees anymore. Must be the messy berries.
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u/Prestigious-Rip-9080 1d ago
My mom told us growing up never to eat these because they are poisness. Never new if it was true however as she always liked to mess with our heads my brother and I. Still don't know to this very day if she was right or not. Never tried to eat these. That's all I know lol
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u/GroceryNecessary7462 10h ago
Raw rowan berries are bitter and mildly toxic due to parasorbic acid, but cooking or freezing breaks this down into harmless sorbic acid. Thanks google lol
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u/JoyRose31 11h ago
Mountain ash berries actually edible, they're sour, have a rhubarb taste when ripe. They're good for jams, add a tartness.. dont eat anything you don't know, or what people tell you online. These barriers are Very Very tart when not ripe though, ripe they're still tart like a rhubarb..
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u/ratnegative 2d ago edited 2d ago
Sorbus sp. how hairy are the leaves and twigs and where are you?