What shrub produces fruits known as sloes.?

The Blackthorn is a large shrub or a small tree of the genus Prunus, botanically Prunus spinosa.





Its fruit is called the sloe.





classification-


Kingdom: Plantae





Division: Magnoliophyta





Class: Magnoliopsida





Order: Rosales





Family: Rosaceae





Subfamily: Prunoideae





Genus: Prunus





Species: P. spinosa





flowers-


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prunu...


fruits-


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What shrub produces fruits known as sloes.?
It's more of a tree actually. Had one in my back garden in a house or two ago.
Reply:They grow on the blackthorn bush,we have lots of them here and my husband makes sloe gin with them,very potent stuff,very good for killing colds and the cold.
Reply:It's the Blackthorn. It produces sloes in the autumn. They're ideal for popping into a jar, with gin and sugar, to make sloe gin just in time for Christmas!
Reply:BLACKTHORN.
Reply:oh yes , i say oh yes our Ashly...it the fantastic blackthorn bush/tree...produces very bright blue berries about September time,trouble is its a race between you ,the birds,and the ripening of the fruit,plus other eagle eyed berry pickers to get to the fruit first...of course its all a matter of timing,as if you pick two early there not ripe ,if a bit two late some chuff else has got them ,or the blumming birds..you have to get the timing just right..like i have..cos i ve got 2 great trees / bushes? and i ll tell you now,if you get hold of a few , freeze some 4 later,and you will be in-control of dynamite? get a bottle of gin /cheap..or / dear fill the jar a quarter of the way with sloes,...same with brown sugar...then top up with gin...you can also add a bit of Cinnamon,depending on taste,plus you can do this with vodka ,.. oh oh ...smokin...? fantastic?just one additional tip.. b 4 you try to beat the birds.. if you find a bush / tree..try the fruit ..if you bite it , and all your mouth dries up immediately, there not ready,, wait a couple of weeks till they taste fairly sweet,and hey ...you re in business?? also once you've made the sloe-gin its best to leave it --if you can ..for as long as possible..it improves with age...i love the stuff????????????
Reply:blackthorn
Reply:yes please i will take them :::::::: great for sorting a bottle of gin out ""!!!
Reply:The blackthorn.


The fruits are very usefull for making "Sloe gin".
Reply:Blackthorn
Reply:The Blackthorn. A large shrub or a small tree of the genus Prunus, botanically Prunus spinosa.
Reply:I agree with all the others


That the Blackthorn is the one,


But please excuse this little rhyme,


I'm only having fun.





My Shorter Oxford tells me,


and its words are o so true,


That the dear old Prune Spinosa,


is the one that answers you.





It is a globus blue-black drupe,


whatever drupes may be


but you'll find all of the details ,


In the Oxford Diction ree.





I've been told I ought to sloe down


So I'm going to down some sloes.


And probly I'll be fast asleep,


By the time they reach my toes.