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Yes, sorbus is what I've been saying but I can't find one that matches the colour of the fruit. I've been on RHS, googled, you name it..........

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Ah well, have a look here to see anything hopefully similar:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Fruittroex.html#white sapote

Yet, imagine a fruit tasting of chocolate pudding!:thumbsup:

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No, thanks for the suggestions (and a brilliant thesaurus link.... !) but not remotely convinced. If anyone knows the Rowan varieties like the back of their hand I stand a chance! In fact that's one thing I haven't googled...........

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http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/trees/...er-species.asp

Is this link any good? it gives descriptions of the varieties of rowan.

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OK, I think this is what it is. A Spanish friend has been doing some digging, and says this is a “serbal” (Sorbus domesticus), an old-fashioned fruit with almost no commercial interest.

Sounds about right, and the leaf does look like a sorbus.

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Not so much a delayed reaction, more an 'I'm in the UK, haven't had a chance to reply'.....
I agree Sorbus Domesticus looks by far the most likely candidate. The only thing holding me back is the actual colour of the fruit. The ones on my neighbour's tree are definitely green....yellow....then brown when bletted.
If the colour variation is typical, then yes that's probably what they are!

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I'ts certainly not a fruit I'd bother with.

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There are literally hundreds of varieties of Sorbus domesticus.......

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Mmm. Kind of figured. I can't imagine it's anything special, it's not that kind of land nor that kind of owner (nice, knows his varieties of fig/vine/etc but I can't see it being an F1 Hybrid or whatever!)

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I bought some of these today Pithaya fruit, supposed to be the best fruit for eyesight.http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pit...2&ved=0CEEQsAQ

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Personally, like a lot of 'new' fruit, they are a real disappointment being to me, rather tasteless. Horned melon, I think they are called. The red flesh is supposed to be sweeter. I've been trying to grow them out here, but without much success.

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Look a bit like kohl rabi:lol:

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But so many are rubbish. Star fruit? To me it's almost tasteless. Papaya? Amost as bad. Passion fruit are good, but the large yellow ones are like eating sweet frogspawn.

I used to admire Tesco for selling so many unusual ones, as it gave me a chance to try some I would never have seen otherwise. Custard apple, mangosteen, and some others I can't remember.

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Truth be told even the 'good' ones are often next to tasteless because they're picked underripe, gassed (sorry, kept in a controlled environment) and put on cooled supermarket shelves. No mango ever tasted like one fresh from the bush on a warm day. No avocado ditto. Strange though lemons feel when they're warm, they give better juice taken straight from tree to kitchen. Not that many 'traditional English apples' taste that brilliant from supermarkets, either. Don't get me started on the varieties being allowed to die out.
Sorry..you didn't. I did:o

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You and me both. So many fruits are practically tasteless due to early picking and box ripening, or being bred for shape, size, colour and shelf life, rather than the priority being taste.

Allowing varieties to die out is criminal. You end up with the supermarket standard. It offends no-one, and by god it pleases no-one.