Thank you for figuring out my mystery! I looked up the hawthorn online and feel lucky to have one! I have a lot of deer mesh so maybe I will protect this one when the weather turns. I was walking through the woods behind my house yesterday and I notice quite a few more hawthorns. They are much larger in the woods. I'm looking forward to seeing it bloom. Their presence makes sense because this land used to be a grazing pasture for cattle. Thanks again!

The small tree has some resemblance to Prunus lusitanica but ones here - where it is a weed - are not as glossy and I don't think the slight zigzag of the shoots is liable to be seen either. Many more kinds of broad-leaved evergreens can be grown there than here, it might be something superficially similar but actually different. The larger tree I think will turn out to be a Comarostaphylis. It is certainly not an Arbutus.

maddilee, oh, that's a good informative diagram there! Yes, learn something new all the time! Thank you for sharing it. cawaps, odd as it is, this is the most developed fruit we've had to date. We have gotten as far as the fruits getting to be almond sized, then the birds come and eat them all. Miraculous we got this one so developed. It's exciting, even though it got cut down by accident. Dh is still upset he didn't see it before he lopped off the branch. I've shared with him what you've all said, and he's extra excited to know this is indeed a walnut tree. He's hoping we get more in the years to come, with a few lasting long enough to be ready for him to eat!

ALWAYS include a location .. thx .. big city name.. zone.. A or B.. is irrelevant to everything ... a scale would help also .. and for unknown reasons.. straight down pix are always tough.. no one knows why .. could we see a pic from the side ... can you rule out apple.. or crab??/ ken