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 Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:22 pm
There's this tree, and I don't think I like it. I think it might be a fruit tree, but I really don't know. Any help would be much appreciated. Just started blooming:  Multi-trunked:  Icky branches that poke you: 
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 2:48 pm
Do you live on the east coast?
It could be a honey locust or black locust tree. They do flower sometimes. I don't know about fruit.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 7:17 pm
I do live on the east coast - Ottawa (Ontario) area. (USDA zone 4.)
I keep finding lots of walnut like shells, so I was thinking it came from this tree. Or, it could be the fact that the previous owners were little piggies and just left from them.
I might have to take one of those horrid branches into a garden centre to find out.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 5:38 am
Lemon trees have thorns but you're a little far north for those..
I'm curious now. Let them flower and watch them this year to see if there's any fruit?
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:09 am
onicoe Lemon trees have thorns but you're a little far north for those.. I'm curious now. Let them flower and watch them this year to see if there's any fruit? Taking a look at lemon trees, I don't think it is one. It has a LOT of trunks. It was cut back by the previous owners who dumped the branches by the river (out of sight, out of mind apparently) so I'm going to take some branches in to see if I can get them identified. I'm too curious that I won't be able to wait until it's fully bloomed.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:20 pm
You got me curious. I looked at several online tree identification websites and the thorns say the tree is some sort of locust - they have big seeds borne in pods, though.
At a house I used to own we had lots of them since they seed readily and grow quickly. The problem is that they cannot withstand much wind. The locust trees we had would usually have a litter of dry seedpod fragments under them rather than nut husks.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:53 pm
havenne17 You got me curious. I looked at several online tree identification websites and the thorns say the tree is some sort of locust - they have big seeds borne in pods, though. At a house I used to own we had lots of them since they seed readily and grow quickly. The problem is that they cannot withstand much wind. The locust trees we had would usually have a litter of dry seedpod fragments under them rather than nut husks. that's what I said 3nodding I only mentioned the locust trees because they usually grow on the northeastern coast and they're all over NY where I live. They have thorns on their branches and they flower sometimes. There's two types- honeylocust and blacklocust.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:28 pm
Looks like a locust to me, although some wild plums have thorns. Definitely not a walnut or lemon.
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:40 am
are there walnut trees near you and do the branches provide a lot of cover? if so the walnut shells are likely from squirrels. -Halo Fauna
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:58 am
Mystery solved! It's a wild plum tree. <33333333 So that means I have a cherry AND a plum tree in the back. This is so exciting. I'm going to build myself a homemade dehydrator to see if I can harvest the plums in late summer (as well as the cherries) and keep them in the cold storage. I don't know about making jam, but the woman at the garden centre who identified the tree said they make excellent jams.
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:04 pm
that is awesome.
plums are so delicious when they are ripe! 3nodding
Or you could make a plum jelly. I prefer jams but a jelly would seem better for plums.
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:12 pm
onicoe that is awesome. plums are so delicious when they are ripe! 3nodding Or you could make a plum jelly. I prefer jams but a jelly would seem better for plums. I love this house - it's so exciting. I haven't made jam nor jelly before, so I will undoubtedly be making a thread about how to make it in a few months. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 6:28 pm
Awesome!
I hadn't thought of plums with those thorns.
I haven't lived anywhere with fruit trees in a number of years.
I have old fashioned quince bushes, though....
Homemade jelly is great.
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:45 am
Find some long leather gloves! The spines are wicked, and usually the fruit is small in comparison to the pit, much like wild cherries. Good luck!
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 3:33 pm
Do you see any fruit yet? Mine don't have much fruit at all this year, but it looks like green olives right now.
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