Plums, But Only.. by Ceya

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08-SEP-2007	Ceya

Plums, But Only..

For Birds.. Their diameter is 3,5 - 4 cm - the seed is similar to an apple's seed, tiny - not a stone as in plums or cherries usually.. The fruit is hard even when it is ripe.. dark red inside..

To Fong and Paco: You CAN eat them, but they don't taste very good... the flowers and the fruit are meant mainly for decoration
(like those apple trees which get tiny, hard "apples" which look lovely but cannot be eaten by people). If anybody knows the English name of this tree, please tell me! My dictionaries did not help me!

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Guest		27-Jan-2008 15:43
Yum! zm

John Dicus		30-Dec-2007 05:37
Interesting capture. Nice light and composition give this one a nice still-life feel.

Zaid Kurdi		23-Oct-2007 17:25
Wonderful capture,lovely composition,colors and details....very interesting......V.

akleja		23-Oct-2007 12:23
Very nice!

Yvonne		23-Oct-2007 11:08
Have you tried making jam or plum sauce with them? Maybe prunus salicina but I'm only guessing - do you know it as a Japanese plum? Its a beautiful shot Ceya!

Guest		23-Oct-2007 10:45
Very nice, Ceya! Excellent composition and dof. V

QUERIDO		23-Oct-2007 06:37
Very nice shot,vote

Simon Chandler		23-Oct-2007 04:49
Impressive image, it almost popped right out to my eyes. Excellent presentation. v

carolynne_w		23-Oct-2007 03:05
Pretilly composed and looking ready to eat. After reading your description, I guess I do not want any. Sure are pretty, though. :-)

Marcia Colelli		22-Oct-2007 23:51
very nice composition V

poetry666		22-Oct-2007 22:51
Nicely composed Ceya..V.

Soenda		22-Oct-2007 22:21
I did have another thought, Ceya. We have wild cherry trees with fruit that color, but the cherries are only a fraction the size of plums. No one I know eats the cherries because they are very sour and bitter. There are also fruit bearing trees called buckthorns, but their fruit becomes soft as it ripens, whereas the ones in your photo seem hard. Can you tell me the approximate diameter of the fruit? The photo is a good close up, but I'm having trouble estimating its actual size.

Soenda		22-Oct-2007 22:18
What a paradox! Pretty leaves, gorgeous fruit---but never to be eaten. It sounds like a lesson from a morality play or ancient Greek myth. The tree you mentioned---beautiful, copious flowers, but tiny apples, incredibly sour and hard, that's certainly what in English we call a crab apple tree. I have a lovely one in front of my house. But I've never encountered a plum tree like that. Nor have I ever seen a crab apple with purple fruit. I imagine if you had its botanical name it would be an easy search, but I'll keep an eye out. Thanks very much for sharing such an exotic fruit tree. I'm quite curious.

NealyBob		22-Oct-2007 19:58
Beautiful shot of the plums! They do look enough to eat ! V

Jean-Luc Rollier		22-Oct-2007 19:44
It's for me... I am a bird ! JL V

mario .n		22-Oct-2007 19:23
Beautiful shot Ceya ! V

Carolyn Rasmussen		22-Oct-2007 18:27
Pretty plums! V

Paco L�pez		22-Oct-2007 16:59
I love plums! Agree with Fong, Why only for birds! Beautiful brights an colour!! V!

Fong Lam		22-Oct-2007 16:50
Why only for the birds? I would love to pluck them for eating ;o) Nice capture with good lighting, Ceya ~V~

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