I have also heard this called a "hedge apple" and a "bodark". This spelling
is probably wrong. They are supposed to be able to keep some bugs from
coming in your house if you put some around in a crawl space or around the
outside of the houses foundation. I don't remember if the "bugs" are
roaches, spiders, or just what, but it sounds good. I have had several
people ask me to find them some.

Dwayne



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I've recently begun to walk a different route into town, and have come
across some very weird fruit which has fallen from a tree along the way.
Of
course, it could be very common, but I've never seen it before, and a look
through all my gardening books has come up with nothing.

The fruit is apple-like in shape, about the size of a Golden Delicious
apple. However, the skin is hard and knobbly, lime green, turning to
yellow,
with a few brown bristles here and there. It smells vaguely unpleasant,
but
when cut, the smell is more fruity, but not like an apple smell. When cut
or
bruised, the sap is latex-like, and very sticky, like glue. There are no
seeds of any description inside. The tree itself is medium-sized, but has
leaves more like an almond or sloe than an apple. The bark too is more
like
an almond than an apple. I've never in more than 50 years seen anything
like
this. As it has no seeds, how is it propagated? What fruit is it?
Pictures
and more info are posted on my website, he
www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk/fruit.html.

If anyone can identify what fruit it is, I would be very grateful, as it's
driving me mad!

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http://www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk

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