Berry Identification

[Duncs]

Can anyone identify these 2 berries, and can I do anything with them? I've found loads of trees with these on them.

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[oldbloke]

Top one looks just like my redcurrant bush, but they were over at least 6 weeks ago even up here in cold wet Yorkshire, so in Essex... Maybe a late fruiting variety.
Makes decent wine especially mixed with a bit of something else, rassies and/or bramble

The other one, the leaves are wrong for blackcurrant (and they're over, here, too)
Trying to remember what the leaves are like on blackthorn (sloes)

 

[Drunken Horse]

top one looks like red currants right shape leaf and colour. But dont quote me on it I'm no expert.

 

[PD]

top ones a Guelder Rose, berries not suitable for eating....

second one is a Viburnham ( I think ) again not suitable for eating

 

[Drunken Horse]

Top one looks just like my redcurrant bush, but they were over at least 6 weeks ago even up here in cold wet Yorkshire, so in Essex... Maybe a late fruiting variety.
Makes decent wine especially mixed with a bit of something else, rassies and/or bramble

The other one, the leaves are wrong for blackcurrant (and they're over, here, too)
Trying to remember what the leaves are like on blackthorn (sloes)

Beat me to it. I think you are right about the sloes too right shape leaf. Again disclaimers

 

[Drunken Horse]

Always the way wiith berries if you are not 100% sure stay away from them. I wont eat any wild berries except Blackberries, wild strawberries and elderberry. Hard to go wrong with that

 

[godfrey]

top ones a Guelder Rose, berries not suitable for eating....

second one is a Viburnham ( I think ) again not suitable for eating

not berry good then lol

 

[Duncs]

Ok, so the first one is Guelder Rose, not poisonous but tastes of cough mixture

and the second is Privet, which is poisionous. I think I'll avoid them both :cry:

 

[PD]

bottom one I now think is Cherry Laurel

berries are bad for you

http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/p ... erasus.htm

 

[hypnoticmonkey]

The black ones look like these:

Which the forum identified here:

viewtopic.php?f=40&t=43763

And Reddit and Horticultural Society later confirmed as Laurel: POISONOUS.

 

[Somnophore]

Yeah gelder rose and laurel. Not delicious lol

 

[tonyhibbett]

Got some tempting looking deadly nightshade that sprang up from nowhere. If birds eat them, then unidentified berries might be ok.

 

[Drunken Horse]

Got some tempting looking deadly nightshade that sprang up from nowhere. If birds eat them, then unidentified berries might be ok.

:lol:

 

[johnnie]

Loads of laurel berries this year. Sadly they're not edible as is most of the plant. As for the gelder rose (viburnum opulus), they are edible in small quantities. Too many can cause vomiting and the s***s.
Personally I wouldn't eat either.

J