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Tree Has Reddish "Golf Balls" Somethings Appearing: What Are They?
On Sep 19, 9:58*am, "dwight" wrote:
"Dee" wrote in message om... enigma wrote in news:Xns9C86AD00DD0EBenigmaevilnet@ 199.125.85.9: Dee wrote in .com: Phisherman wrote in : Looks like Dogwood fruit, each about the size of a pea, not 1-1.5" in diameter. According to Wikipedia, the fruit is 2-3 cm in diameter though can be up to 4 cm. *the description of the fruit sounds like dogwood (& those are edible, BTW), but would you describe the leaves as "pointy"? lee I wouldn't, no. *But I could see how someone who didn't know much about plants might do so. *A simple leaf with a point on the end might be described as pointy *:-) *But I guess if the OP doesn't post back with a response or a photo we may never know for sure. Dee Reading this thread, I thought I'd snap some photos of my own pointy-leaved tree with red golf balls:http://www.tfrog.com/digitals/daily/daily.htm The golf balls do not appear annually, which may be why it comes as a surprise to the OP, and mine are between 1/2" to an 1". They also mostly appear only on the side of the tree exposed to sunlight. dwight- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Nice photos Dwight. Cornus kousa. |
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Tree Has Reddish "Golf Balls" Somethings Appearing: What Are They ?
"dwight" wrote in
: Reading this thread, I thought I'd snap some photos of my own pointy-leaved tree with red golf balls: http://www.tfrog.com/digitals/daily/daily.htm The golf balls do not appear annually, which may be why it comes as a surprise to the OP, and mine are between 1/2" to an 1". They also mostly appear only on the side of the tree exposed to sunlight. dogwood (cornus kousa). those fruits are edible. the outer 'shells' are a bit crunchy which contrasts with the custardy insides. we had a bumper crop last year, but the fruits are quite sparse this year. they tend to bear heavily on alternate years, but this spring was cold and very wet here, so there was a shortage of bugs to pollinate as well. the trees appreciate sun, & fruit better if they get a lot of sun. the one next to my driveway always has more fruit than the ones in the semishade in the backyard. i have to fight both the chickens & the dogs to get any of the fruit... i discovered my cattledog will climb trees to get cornus kousa fruit last year. lee |
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Tree Has Reddish "Golf Balls" Somethings Appearing: What Are They ?
"dwight" wrote in
: "Dee" wrote in message om... enigma wrote in news:Xns9C86AD00DD0EBenigmaevilnet@ 199.125.85.9: Dee wrote in om: Phisherman wrote in : Looks like Dogwood fruit, each about the size of a pea, not 1-1.5" in diameter. According to Wikipedia, the fruit is 2-3 cm in diameter though can be up to 4 cm. the description of the fruit sounds like dogwood (& those are edible, BTW), but would you describe the leaves as "pointy"? lee I wouldn't, no. But I could see how someone who didn't know much about plants might do so. A simple leaf with a point on the end might be described as pointy :-) But I guess if the OP doesn't post back with a response or a photo we may never know for sure. Dee Reading this thread, I thought I'd snap some photos of my own pointy-leaved tree with red golf balls: http://www.tfrog.com/digitals/daily/daily.htm The golf balls do not appear annually, which may be why it comes as a surprise to the OP, and mine are between 1/2" to an 1". They also mostly appear only on the side of the tree exposed to sunlight. dwight Thanks for posting your photos, dwight. I enjoyed perusing through them. Dee |
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Tree Has Reddish "Golf Balls" Somethings Appearing: What Are They?
On Sep 20, 5:04*pm, lannerman
wrote: Dee;864888 Wrote: "dwight" wrote in : - "Dee" wrote in message . com...- enigma wrote in news:Xns9C86AD00DD0EBenigmaevilnet@ 199.125.85.9: - Dee wrote in . com: Phisherman wrote in : Looks like Dogwood fruit, each about the size of a pea, not 1-1.5" in diameter. According to Wikipedia, the fruit is 2-3 cm in diameter though can be up to 4 cm. the description of the fruit sounds like dogwood (& those are edible, BTW), but would you describe the leaves as "pointy"? lee- I wouldn't, no. *But I could see how someone who didn't know much about plants might do so. *A simple leaf with a point on the end might be described as pointy *:-) *But I guess if the OP doesn't post back with a response or a photo we may never know for sure. Dee- Reading this thread, I thought I'd snap some photos of my own pointy-leaved tree with red golf balls: http://tinyurl.com/nhhxu8 The golf balls do not appear annually, which may be why it comes as a surprise to the OP, and mine are between 1/2" to an 1". They also mostly appear only on the side of the tree exposed to sunlight. dwight- Thanks for posting your photos, dwight. *I enjoyed perusing through them. Dee Hi Folks, Most intrigued by your discussion, from where I am in Cornwall UK. I would also opt for Cornus but the variety I would go for is capitata. Regards Lanerman. -- lannerman- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yes, it could be Cornus capitata since one of its common names is "Himalaya strawberry-tree." |
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