By Blackburn
United Kingdom 
i would like to know what these are i have been told they are edible they grow all along the hedgerows and grass verges where i live, they resemble plums in texture and grow wild like a bramble or elderberry?
25 Aug, 2010
Answers
It is a small plum relative, can't remember the name, but we pick them up regularly from the verge in the village and eat them.
25 Aug, 2010
They're Cherry Plums (Prunus cerasifera) a hedgerow staple!
25 Aug, 2010
Yes, I agree with Ilex. I recently identified some for someone I have done some work for. The French bottle them and preserve them in brandy. They don't do things by half do they Lol.
26 Aug, 2010
Hi Blackburn welcome to Goy, we'd have a better chance at identifying them with a leaf and also of the whole shrub--- wouldn't like to inadvertantly poison you!
25 Aug, 2010