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Post by greybeard on Nov 6, 2019 21:52:09 GMT -6
Little round fruit just now making...they don't get any bigger and are usually pretty hard but this year they are softer. Kinda pear tasting but bitter too. The tree has never been this loaded. Some kind of wild pear?  If so, it's the only wild fruit bearing tree on 124 acres here. I have found a few gnawed up persimmons but have never found the tree they come off of. I know this is not a persimmon. |
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Nov 7, 2019 1:48:29 GMT -6
Looked at one of those apps that identifies plants, and it gave wild pears and persimmons as possibilities. Some of those work better than others.
A closer picture of the leaves might get better identification. But if you know it isn't a persimmon, I'd suspect wild pear. But there's people here know a lot more about fruit trees than my guess.
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Post by smokinm on Nov 7, 2019 4:39:42 GMT -6
Crabapple of some variety would be my guess
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Post by bulltrader on Nov 7, 2019 6:15:12 GMT -6
Take a picture of the leaves or fruit using the app plantnet.net
Not always perfect but pretty darn good. I use it at work.
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Post by ebenezer on Nov 7, 2019 6:23:35 GMT -6
Looks like a callery pear. If it has thorns/spikes (or not) kill it ASAP. They have become the newest worst weed here. They are the results of birds eating Bradford pear fruit and the seedlings revert back to a thorned/spiked tree. Terrible idea on Bradfords in retrospect. Some extension offices and most environmental groups recommend to no longer plant Bradfords but the cat is out of the bag. They spread like wildfire once there are a few established.
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Post by okie on Nov 7, 2019 6:26:18 GMT -6
It looks like a pear of some sort. Keep in mind that if it grew from seed it came from cross pollination and as such may not resemble anything you'll find on an app.
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Post by simangking on Nov 7, 2019 17:06:50 GMT -6
I'm going to go out on a limb, and say your wrong in your assumption that it is not a persimmon.
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Post by alacowman on Nov 7, 2019 17:19:30 GMT -6
I'm going to go out on a limb, and say your wrong in your assumption that it is not a persimmon. Im more in line with him being wrong, to taste it.....not knowing what it is..😉 |
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Post by greybeard on Nov 7, 2019 21:21:35 GMT -6
Well, I ain't dead, so I assume it wasn't toxic. I've seen and tasted persimmons before..this isn't one, unless it's a variety I never saw before.
Raining here and I haven't been back over there to get a closer picture of the leaves and fruit. We're tired of the wet weather already...
When ever it's cold and rainy like this, my wife just stands at the window looking kinda sad and miserable.......................maybe I should let her in?
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Post by simangking on Nov 7, 2019 22:38:22 GMT -6
Wait until they're actually ripe, then see what they taste like.
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Post by alacowman on Nov 8, 2019 8:58:35 GMT -6
Well, I ain't dead, so I assume it wasn't toxic. I've seen and tasted persimmons before..this isn't one, unless it's a variety I never saw before. Raining here and I haven't been back over there to get a closer picture of the leaves and fruit. We're tired of the wet weather already... When ever it's cold and rainy like this, my wife just stands at the window looking kinda sad and miserable.......................maybe I should let her in? I looked at what ebenzer said it might be,,and it sure looks like it.. |
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Post by tater74 on Nov 8, 2019 19:06:07 GMT -6
.......................maybe I should let her in? My wife didn't laugh as hard as I did. In fact, she didn't laugh at at all.  |
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Post by deepsouth on Nov 13, 2019 8:55:01 GMT -6
I would have said Bradford pear but agree with Ebenezer.
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Post by greybeard on Nov 18, 2019 2:51:04 GMT -6
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Post by ebenezer on Nov 18, 2019 6:25:40 GMT -6
 From Wikipedia - Pyrus calleryana. Just because this tree does not have spikes does not mean that the next 1000 or 10,000 that come from it will not have spikes. It is highly invasive here. Highly invasive! |
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