On 28/12/08 11:55, in article , "~misfit~"
wrote:

Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Sacha" typed:
snip

I've studied the fruits in the other pic and, sorry, I can't help
you with identifying them. Then again, I certainly don't profess to
be an expert, far from it in fact. ;-)

I wish I could find out what they are, just out of curiosity. Nobody
seems to have any idea. I don't think they can be that rare or
unusual because they were on a hedge by the sailing club, bordering a
road, not tucked away in some exotic botanic garden.

Sacha, I've asked in a NZ group (and linked to your pic) and have been asked
what sailing club they were near as apparently there are several clubs on
Auckland's North Shore and a debate as to what the plant is.

Cheers,

The Devonport Sailing Club. It's on King Edward Parade and outside it has
several boats with their histories and a plaque to Peter Blake (one-time
skipper of Lion) the famous NZ yottie. AFAIR the hedge was right near the
entrance to part of the Club. In fact, we asked one of the members going
out to his car what the hedge was but he couldn't help us. Many thanks for
trying to resolve this one for us.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)