Identify this backyard volunteer fruit tree (flowers, magnolia, trees, spring)
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I have a volunteer in the backyard that was probably planted by the previous homeowner. But when I bought the house this tree was cut down to the roots. I was sympathetic to it so when the gardener asked if I wanted to dig it out to remove it, I decided to left it alone. The following spring I saw some new leaves so I gave it water, along with the peach tree next to it also left by the previous homeowner. Lo and behold, this thing grew aggressively into a beauty, sort of like a dog that escaped the pound and live to its fullest afterward. It grew about 4~5 feet a year!
The trouble is I don't know what it is? I know it's some sort of fruit tree but it's not a peach or a nectarine as I have both next to it (see pics below). So let me post the picture of the bloom and see if you fellow gardeners can figure it out.
I will come back in the summer as it would have bear fruits to congratulate the poster who correctly guess it
Spring bloom flower
Tree form. As you can see I pruned it to an open center form.
I think you are the closest so far. The reason I said that because last summer it bear a few fruits. Unfortunately they dropped before they were mature, but I could tell it's a stone-fruit just not sure what it is.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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It's not a volunteer if the previous owners planted it, a volunteer is a tree that comes up from a seed that was dropped from a tree or by a bird. I agree with plum, in fact our neighbor has one with those blossoms, not yet open here, but they are small red plums. Their family cannot possibly use all of them so they put up a sign "Help Yourself" and leave a can on a long stick for the neighbors to pick. It's possible that you will not get any fruit, because many plum varieties require another plum or cherry to pollinate.
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