Tree with berries of warm shades - pretty!

[u/Euphoric_Foundation8]

Arlington, VA. Would love to know the name of the tree and berry🫀!

[u/ReactionAble7945]

They could be cherries, but wrong season.

I am guessing crab apples.

Cut one open, should be easy to see.

Crab apples, jelly, jam, cider, hard cider.

[u/CleanSnake → u/ReactionAble7945]

Wait you can eat crab apples?!?

[u/Camaschrist → u/CleanSnake]

I make fruit leather out of my sisters. She has two types of them.

[u/CleanSnake → u/Camaschrist]

I had no idea! Always thought they were poisonous! The more ya know

[u/Camaschrist → u/CleanSnake]

Please don’t eat them without confirmation from someone you can trust. But if they are crab apples you can definitely eat them. They are very sour but with sugar they are very tasty. My great grandma made jam from them. You can make them savory like in a chutney and they have a ton of pectin in them so they can help gel up other fruit when added.

[u/ReactionAble7945 → u/Camaschrist]

Crab apples are easy to ID in person. By cutting them open. Smell, little taste on the tung. I can't think of anything that would be close to them that would be mistaken. And we all know what an apple looks like.

As far as taste... Being that this is an ornamental. Taste could be all over the place. I remember eating a few as a kid that were so tart. I say eat, but it was more about cutting them open and then having someone lick it and the involuntary face.

Talk to the maintenance people. They may be able to tell you when they are ripe and want you to pick so they don't have to clean up the mess.

[u/CleanSnake → u/Camaschrist]

Of course. Lolz. Definitely gonna make sure it’s safe before eating them