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What's the fruit? Now solved!

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John J

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What's the fruit? Now solved!
« on: July 01, 2014, 08:37:09 AM »
Anyone recognise it?
« Last Edit: July 03, 2014, 08:40:25 AM by Alisdair »
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

David Bracey

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2014, 10:03:21 AM »
Punica granatum
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John J

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2014, 11:39:05 AM »
Sorry, David, a little less common.
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

Hilary

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 12:32:42 PM »
Crataegus
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care
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John J

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2014, 02:23:56 PM »
Still too common, Hilary. It's another of my exotic beasts as I believe Alice called them   ;)
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

David Bracey

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 03:54:06 PM »
Medlar...Mespilus something or other!
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 I have gardened in sub-tropical Florida, maritime UK, continental Europe and the Mediterranean basin, France. Of the 4 I have found that the most difficult climate for gardening is the latter.

pamela

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2014, 05:16:27 PM »
Psidium guineense   
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Min temp 5c max temp 38c  Rainfall 550 mm 

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Hilary

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2014, 05:33:00 PM »
Will there be enough to make jam?
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Alice

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2014, 06:43:30 PM »
Ficus fraseri?
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Amateur gardener who has gardened in north London and now gardens part of the year on the Cycladic island of Paros. Conditions: coastal, windy, annual rainfall 350mm, temp 0-35 degrees C.
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John J

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2014, 07:22:36 PM »
I assume you mean Mespilus germanica, David. Sorry, no.
No to yours also, Alice.
Hilary, it's only a small bush so I doubt we'd get much jam out of it.
Pamela, sooo close I'm tempted to give it to you but I'm feeling mean so you'll have to go that extra mile. :-X
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

Joanna Savage

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2014, 07:33:23 PM »
Feijoa, acca in italian
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Alice

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2014, 08:57:55 PM »
Psidium cattleianum?
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Amateur gardener who has gardened in north London and now gardens part of the year on the Cycladic island of Paros. Conditions: coastal, windy, annual rainfall 350mm, temp 0-35 degrees C.

Jill S

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2014, 11:30:26 PM »
Wouldn't be 'Psidium guajava' (guava)(how do you spell it?) would it?
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Member of RHS and MGS. Gardens in Surrey, UK and, whenever I get the chance, on Paros, Greece where the learning curve is not the only thing that's steep.

Trevor Australis

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2014, 11:41:59 PM »
It looks like an immature feijoa to me.
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John J

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Re: What's the fruit?
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2014, 05:03:32 AM »
I do have 3 bushes of Acca sellowiana (Feijoa) but that isn't it.
I also have a Psidium guajava but, again, that isn't it.
It is, as Alice rightly says, a Psidium cattleianum (Strawberry Guava).
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Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)
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