Can you id this bush / fruit?

I found this here in North Georgia on my property. I've tasted the fruit and it is somewhat the flavor and texture of apple sauce with tiny flea size seeds.

Still have not found anything on these. I'm pretty sure they are edible, at least I've eaten some and haven't experienced any distress

Another image:

apples? lol

a malus if seeds at a guess, not prunus

Could it be a kiwi? This sugestion from your description of the seeds, and this picture from Dave's Garden:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/130896/

Tim Wells wrote:apples? lol

a malus if seeds at a guess, not prunus

Not malus genus, the bushes don't get over 6 feet / 2 meters tall, and most telling, the fruit has no core, just tiny seeds here and there throughout the fruit.

Susan Skov wrote:Could it be a kiwi? This sugestion from your description of the seeds, and this picture from Dave's Garden:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/130896/

Actually, I have kiwi vines, these are wild bushes (not vines) , and Kiwi/gooseberry is not native to this area.

Do they change color as they ripen?

Alex Ames wrote:Do they change color as they ripen?

No, that's why I never tried them in previous years-
I was waiting for them to ripen to a different color, but basically they just stay green, get soft, then fall off the bush.

It's hard to discen what scale, but it reminds me of deer berry, buck berry, and also if this is a tree.. a native persimmon possibly. Those all remind me of apple sauce! Hello also fellow north Georgian!

Michelle Latham wrote:It's hard to discen what scale, but it reminds me of deer berry, buck berry, and also if this is a tree.. a native persimmon possibly. Those all remind me of apple sauce! Hello also fellow north Georgian!

Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum).
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/vaccinium/stamineum/

I think that's it!!! yay.  I've been posting pictures and asking around for like 5 years now!  Thanks so much!
I knew it had to be something good so I've been encouraging them around my property and cutting out other things around them for years now.

Cris Bessette wrote:[]

Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum).
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/vaccinium/stamineum/

I think that's it!!! yay.  I've been posting pictures and asking around for like 5 years now!  Thanks so much!
I knew it had to be something good so I've been encouraging them around my property and cutting out other things around them for years now.

Yay 😊 Excellent! So happy to help. I have lots of these too around the perimeter of our property at the edge of hardwood forest. They grow great Around my property, and seem to stay small, about 3 feetx3feet is the biggest little deer berry bush we have.