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Plum tree or peach tree?

9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

I bought this tree in about 2006. I can't remember if it's a plum or Peachtree. Can anyone tell me from these pictures what it might be? It has never bear any fruit and I do not have any other pictures.

Comments (22)

  • 9 years ago

    Not peach.

  • 9 years ago

    Yes certainly not a peach. It doesn't look like a plum either. Looks like a pear to me.


    I've had pears that took 10 yrs to start flowering. Plums and peaches usually bear by the third yr, or at least flower.

  • 9 years ago

    Plum. Has it flowered? It should have white flowers.

  • 9 years ago

    I would have to ask my mom if it's flowered. However, it's the only one we have so won't I need another one for it to actually produce plums, as they aren't self pollinating?

  • 9 years ago

    I don't think it's any type of prunus. Looks more like pomme (apple/pear)

  • 9 years ago
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    I don't know much about fruit trees, but it looks like it has thorns, are they prickly?

    Maybe, you can show again once it has leaves.

  • 9 years ago

    A closeup picture showing the buds might resolve this.

  • 9 years ago

    Looks like pear to me . Seems very thorny even for a pear . Looks more like flowering pear .

  • 9 years ago

    Those aren't thorns. They're fruiting spurs probably on some type of pear.

  • 9 years ago

    I was myself wondering if those were thorns or spurs.

  • 9 years ago

    Just checked with my mom. She says they are thorns and when the tree was smaller she would get so mad while mowing around it because they would "stick" her and hurt...lol. She says it gets green leaves in the spring but never "flowers". I'm still thinking it's a plum tree... I bought it in 2006, but can't remember!

  • 9 years ago

    We need to see what the leaves look like to be sure!

  • 9 years ago

    Can you show us the bark on the lower trunk?

  • 9 years ago

    Our wild plum trees get thorny looking spurs like this.

  • 9 years ago

    American plum sure gets thorny! I know on some of the jap/American hybrids (Superior, Alderman ect) they are budded onto American plum rootstocks. Just wondering if the scion perhaps died and the rootstock is what you have left?

    Most definitely the photo shows this is not a peach tree.

  • 8 years ago

    could be Hawthorn...

  • 8 years ago

    or american plum both have thorns


  • 8 years ago

    Plum trees can definitely have thorns - Prunus americana is known for them. And there is a very big difference in a thorn versus a fruiting spur....fruiting spurs do not form sharp spikes!! Ornamental pears are also very prone to thorns but this looks more like plum to me.

    Hawthorn thorns tend to be rather fearsome so doubt it is that. But posting back when the tree is in flower and/or leaf will help to confirm.

  • 8 years ago

    There are also some plums that have fruit spur's, I think weeping Santa Rosa is one

  • 8 years ago

    All plums have fruiting spurs. But as noted, there is a marked visual difference between a thorn and a fruit bearing spur - the tree in the photo has both.

  • 8 years ago

    They look like sharp fruit spurs to me. We grow hawthorns at work and the photo does not look like hawthorn. You ask if it is a plum or peach. Most definitely not a peach! Fruitnut could be right as sometimes callery pear rootstock can be very sharp with fruit spurs too.

    I have to wonder if the top (scion) died and what you have is some sort of callery pear rootstock or American plum rootstock? The bark color is so light that it does look more like pear than plum. I would think if plum the bark would be darker in color. Just my guess.

    Please re-post when in leaf and show a close up of the leaf.