The damson fruit is as traditional as morris dancers in england the merryweather damson tree makes an unusual gift the tree will produce a heavy crop of damsons that are perfect for making jam or fillings for pies with the merryweather damson is a traditional english fruit that is perfect for cooking with it is larger than other varieties of damson and is a lot easier to work with the blue black skinned fruit packs an acidic punch in its juicy yellow flesh and is not too good to eat raw