European Mountain-Ash (Sorbus aucuparia). Widely planted in NA. Individual fruits 10-12mm diameter in slightly convex clusters (close-up of a few of the 57 in this cluster). A favourite food of American Robins at this time of year and if any remain they will attract Bohemian Waxwings in Winter.
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Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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Harold Gough wrote:Having never seen them in close-up before, I at first thought they were crab apples.
Harold
Know what you mean. Thats the beauty of close up work. They do look good enough to eat tho,and I do believe some do use them to make jam with(jelly in the US?)
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Yes, also known as the Mountain Ash Sorbus acuparia, the berries are used to make a jelly, crab apples being the recommended source of pectin. Even so, the species in known locally, in NW England as "Poison-Berries".
Yea there's also a bit of folklore associated with this tree. It is often known as the Devil or Witch Tree as it is believed, like Yew,to keep evil spirits at bay.
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