Question
Tree leaves
Hello,
I live in the south central part of Oklahoma. We recently bought a house out in the country and we were very excited to find out there are a couple of fruit trees planted throughout our yard (well, we're pretty sure they're fruit trees). We believe we have it narrowed down to three different fruit: peach, apricot, or plum. But, who knows, we could really be way off base. I was going to wait until the fruit started coming in, but I'm starting to get a little anxious about it and was wondering if you might be able to identify them for us. It hasn't started flowering yet, and I hope that's not a problem in identifying it. Although, I was trimming it and found that underside of the bark is a salmon color.
Thank you for you time and effort,
Courtnie
AnswerWell, you are correct that it is a member of the genus Prunus, which includes peach, cherry, plum, apricot, almond, and some others. I can fairly surely say that it is not a peach.
Actually, after looking at that picture again, I'm wondering if it could be an apple or crabapple, which are closely related to Prunus species.
Sorry if that isn't much help,
Trey
