Sloe Down

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• perishthethought@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In the 80s I learned in schools. (no no no face)

  In 2005 I got my news from The Daily Show. (curious face)

  In 2025, I learn about Science from @fossilesque@mander.xyz on piefed/lemmy. (WWE guy mind blown! )

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Meme poem

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• AAA@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I cannot unsee the CDs on the sunshield.

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• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Was the hybridization part of the domestication or was it more like they domesticated both and then hybridized them later?

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  • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wikipedia says this about P. spinosa (sloe)

    Uses The shrub, with its long, sharp thorns, is traditionally used in Britain and other parts of northern Europe to make a cattle-proof hedge.

    The fruit is similar to a small damson or plum, suitable for preserves, but rather tart and astringent for eating fresh unless it is picked after the first few days of autumn frost. This effect can be reproduced by freezing harvested sloes.

    Since the plant is hardy, and grows in a wide range of conditions, it is used as a rootstock for many other species of plum, as well as some other fruit species.

    I’ve made some Schnaps out of sloes before, but there is not much more you can do with the fruits. Like Wikipedia says it, this species is rather used for its quality as a hedge and as a rootstock. So not sure if one would regard it as domesticated, but we certainly didn’t domesticate the fruits into being tasty.

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• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is the implication here that Asian plums are a different species?

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  • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you search Wikipedia for plum, it is quite clear that there are various species of plants that have been domesticated and that are considered plums.

    Plums are likely to have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found in the wild, only around human settlements: Prunus domestica has been traced to East European and Caucasian mountains, while Prunus salicina and Prunus simonii originated in China.

    What the meme is referring to is probably Prunus domestica though, where Wikipedia has to say this about:

    The species’ hybrid parentage was believed to be Prunus spinosa and P. cerasifera; however, recent cytogenetic evidence seem to implicate 2×, 4×, 6× P. cerasifera as the sole wild stock from which the cultivated 6× P. domestica could have evolved.

    The other two mentioned species seem to have been species that we’ve domesticated on their own, without hybridization. At least there is no mention of it on Wikipedia.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Interesting, thanks. Makes sense since P. cerasifera tastes and looks extremely similar to European plums. But I’ve never tried Prunus spinosa to compare.

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