What type of bush is this?

• Jul 8, 2017

• #1

mockjaybird

Senior Member

I've been told a Mayhaw, but I'm not certain that is true! Any thoughts would be appreciated!

 

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• Jul 8, 2017

• #2

Nicodemus

The Recluse

Staff member

That`s a plum. They make near about as good a jelly as mayhaws do. Mayhaws been gone since around the first of June.

 

• Jul 8, 2017

• #3

mockjaybird

Senior Member

Thanks Nic, I thought it was a wild plum too. We have had this property in Taylor county for 5 years, and these bushes are everywhere! This is the first year any of these had fruit on them. I wasn't sure because they are only about the size of a grape! Thanks for the info!

 

• Jul 8, 2017

• #4

Kawaliga

Gone but not forgotten

Looks like hog plums. Bitter as gall.

 

• Jul 8, 2017

• #5

mockjaybird

Senior Member

Haven't tried any yet, guess I will try em and see! lol Thanks!

 

• Jul 8, 2017

• #6

mockjaybird

Senior Member

My daughter's face says it all!! Lol. It does taste like a plum but bitter! Thanks for the info guys, wonder if the deer like them, there are some tracks around the bushes!

 

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• Jul 8, 2017

• #7

blood on the ground

Cross threading is better than two lock washers.

I got some of them wild plums growing here at the house... I like them

 

• Jul 8, 2017

• #8

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ucfireman

Senior Member

The wild plums I've seen are yellow/gold. Bitter until they get soft then wonderful. They will poke the heck out of you though.

 

• Jul 10, 2017

• #9

cjones

Senior Member

mockjaybird said:

My daughter's face says it all!! Lol. It does taste like a plum but bitter! Thanks for the info guys, wonder if the deer like them, there are some tracks around the bushes!

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Yes deer like them. We found a clump of bushes on my parents' new property. Went back the next week to pick a bunch of them and they had been eaten bare. Tons of deer tracks and droppings all over the thicket.

 

• Jul 10, 2017

• #10

Kawaliga

Gone but not forgotten

The pics the OP loaded are Hog Plums, the sweet ones are larger and are Chickasaw Plums.

 

• Jul 10, 2017

• #11

chehawknapper

ABO

Hog, flatwoods, sloe plum - all the same thing Prunus umbellata. Bitter raw but still makes a fine jelly. Wildlife love 'em.