Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

On 9/18/2016 11:05 PM, Al Tprk wrote:
Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)


Medlar (Mespilus germanica)??

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On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

"Japanese apple" would be referring to the persimmon tree, btw.

Al Tprk wrote:

Yet one more plant to identify please!
Here is the leaf and the fruit:
https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53309/
Be careful, the seed is toxic.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Al Tprk wrote:

Yet one more plant to identify please!
Here is the leaf and the fruit:
https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53309/
Be careful, the seed is toxic.

Unlikely. With a common name of Japanese apple, it is going to be edible.
The persimmon answer makes more sense.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

On 2016-09-20 20:32:42 +0000, Don Wiss said:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Brooklyn1 wrote:

Al Tprk wrote:

Yet one more plant to identify please!
Here is the leaf and the fruit:
https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53309/
Be careful, the seed is toxic.

Unlikely. With a common name of Japanese apple, it is going to be edible.
The persimmon answer makes more sense.

No way was Al's photo of a medlar, nor a persimmon. Not only are
medlars exceedingly uncommon in California, their fruit never gets that
red and the blossom ends have much more of a "dog's arse" appearance.
I'll admit that pomegranates typically have a much more protrusive
blossom end than Al's photo, but the color, shape and leaf appearance
are consistent with a slightly beat up pomegranate. Also, pomegranates
are colloquially known as "Chinese apples" and the French person may
have been close, but no cigar.

Now, if Al would have the courtesy to reply with a photo or description
of the fruit interior, we would likely obtain a definitive answer.

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

Hello Amos,

No, it is not a pomegranate. It is the size of a large jujube only. Also,its end is all closed, no vestige of a flower visible.

Al

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

Hello Amos,

No, it is not a pomegranate. It is the size of a large jujube only.

Al

On 2016-09-21 03:23:49 +0000, Al Tprk said:

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

Hello Amos,

No, it is not a pomegranate. It is the size of a large jujube only.

Al

Guess it could be a strawberry guava - they're sometimes nearly flat on
the end. They can grow where you live -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psidium_cattleyanum

Did you eat it?

On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 9:04:41 PM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-21 03:23:49 +0000, Al Tprk said:

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

Hello Amos,

No, it is not a pomegranate. It is the size of a large jujube only.

Al

Guess it could be a strawberry guava - they're sometimes nearly flat on
the end. They can grow where you live -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psidium_cattleyanum

Did you eat it?

Np, I have not. My roommate keeps bringing these fruits and leaves. He encounters them during his walks around the neighborhood, mostly in public spaces... He asks me to taste them, but without knowing what they are I refuse to eat them...

Al

On 9/22/2016 10:05 AM, Al Tprk wrote:
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 9:04:41 PM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-21 03:23:49 +0000, Al Tprk said:

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-7, Amos Nomore wrote:
On 2016-09-19 06:05:35 +0000, Al Tprk said:

Hello all,

Yet one more plant to identify please!

Here is the leaf and the fruit:

https://plus.google.com/collection/I6Q-jB

My friend from France says it may be what he termed a "Japanese apple".

But search for "pomme japonaise" did not reveal any fruits similar to
the one I posted...

Al

(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)

Looks like a pomegranate to me.

Hello Amos,

No, it is not a pomegranate. It is the size of a large jujube only.

Al

Guess it could be a strawberry guava - they're sometimes nearly flat on
the end. They can grow where you live -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psidium_cattleyanum

Did you eat it?

Np, I have not. My roommate keeps bringing these fruits and leaves. He encounters them during his walks around the neighborhood, mostly in public spaces... He asks me to taste them, but without knowing what they are I refuse to eat them...

Al


You could take the fruit and leaf to a local nursery (in the UK, garden
center) and ask if they can identify it.

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Donald Trump claims everyone likes him. Does that
include his ex-wives? How about the students who
discovered that their education at Trump University
was worthless? And how about the contractors,
suppliers, and employees he stiffed in his several
bankruptcies?