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Apple (Malus) · Persian walnut · Sweet cherry
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November · June · July
🔍 When is it ripe?
Apple (Malus): Background skin colour shifts from green toward yellow; seeds turn brown when ripe. Fruit separates from the spur with a gentle upward twist. Aroma develops near the base. Wild Malus fruit is often small and tart — excellent for cider and jelly.
Persian walnut: Green husk cracks and turns brown-black when ripe, exposing the shell. Shake branches — ripe nuts fall freely. Gloves essential. Cure in a single layer for 2 weeks before storage.
Sweet cherry: Dark red (or yellow for golden varieties) with a glossy skin. Stem stays green and pliable. Flesh is firm but yields to pressure; taste is sweet with no bitterness. Harvest promptly — birds follow the same cues.
This is a big wild cherry tree located in Surrey Canal Walk, very abundant cherries while in season. There is also a Persian walnut tree, 50 yards east, and a Crab apple within 20 yards.
See a downloadable PDF map of 'Wild and Edible Surrey Canal Walk', -a path with many berries, nuts and fruits that you might forage- here:
http://www.friendsofburgesspark.org.uk/28.html
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