Sloes
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sloes by David Baird as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Baird Taken: 13 Oct 2007
The sloe is the fruit of the blackthorn and is the ancestor of the damson. They are very bitter but are excellent when used to make sloe gin