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The Curious Case of the Two-Toned Damson

In August 2013, a good month before my damsons usually ripen, I spotted this extraordinary two-toned damson growing on an old tree:

A two-toned Shropshire Prune damson growing in my orchard, August 2013
A two-toned Shropshire Prune damson growing in my orchard, August 2013.

Over several days I noticed many more damsons on different trees in that same ‘two-toned’ way.

I’ve never seen this anything like this before.

If you are a plant scientist and know what this colouring is all about I’d be grateful if you’d leave a comment and throw some light on this phenomenon.