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Earliest fruit in Germany (Feb-May)
« on: April 18, 2019, 03:46:39 PM »
Hi,
Wanted to show you the earliest fruit in Germany this year.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NyG0rZHI-_U&t=4s

Clip is from Apr but first fruit must have been ripe in Feb becouse under some shrubs you could find only fresh pips by mid March.

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Re: Earliest fruit in Germany (Feb-May)
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2019, 06:28:07 AM »
Thanks for sharing! I thought that honeyberries are the first ripe fruit in Germany. 

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Re: Earliest fruit in Germany (Feb-May)
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2019, 11:42:42 AM »
Eleagnus angustiflora also has fruits this time of the year.I foraged a few from a park a month ago.

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Re: Earliest fruit in Germany (Feb-May)
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2019, 01:15:58 PM »
Did not find any honeyberries, yet but lots of fruit species from last year survived the mild winter, including the very similar looking Berberis julianae

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvp7o8Rgxk

The Eleagnus angustifolia trees i checked had no fruit now but i suppose that some individuals kept fruit from last year.
The crazy thing about the silverberry is that it flowered in late autumn and ripened during winter and spring.