who, me? (I'm looking behind me)
straight across to the gulf, then south
This message was edited Aug 24, 2010 10:26 PM
Saw this tree and had to find out what it is
Snotty Gobbles?? Ewwww... so I went and looked http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/188792/
Quoting:
Washing a split fruit is like handling a live bubble snail shell from the beach: it's smooth, heavy, roundish, and slippery.
The taste is mild but pleasant, like a cross between a peach and a plum. The slimy interior isn't particularly unpleasant while eating the fruit, except that it tends to coat one's tongue, which then seems briefly to block the taste buds and therefore to block further taste of the fruit, and seems to leave a dry sensation on the tongue. While eating, the slime also tends to get onto one's lips.
double ewwww!!!
Now someone has to bust into one of those fruit/nuts and let us know who lives in it!
LOL Is there really a tree called 'Snotty Gobbles'?
Yes...there was a tree with fruit id a while back. But if I remember those fruits were a lot smaller and only had one seed. These are larger and have three seeds (maybe).
Here is the link to that tree identification. It was a funny thread.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1042545/?hl=snotty+gobble#top
This message was edited Aug 26, 2010 1:27 PM
Okay, better late than never. Here are the pixs I took last Thurs.
Whole tree....
Notice: Sandy's 3rd pix has that concrete curb in it also. I just got the whole tree!
This message was edited Sep 2, 2010 12:59 AM
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#3 Comparing my hand to the fruit. Sorry, I must have moved the camera. lol
#4 Leaves w/vines.....
#5 Some of the leaves are as big as my hand........
The man was still sitting out under his carport, just like when Sandy & I stopped the first time. He again said the the fruit is like a pomegrante. Dumby me, forgot to get another fruit. Going to work tomorrow & will get another one for closer examination.
He also said he is really anxienous(sp) for us to find out what these trees are, for him.
I've never seen the whole tree, only the fruit/nut I had gotten IDd so no comparison, sorry. I still think that fruit looks correct in size, shape and marking.
I will be curious to see what is inside. They really are nothing like the pomegranites I've met though, unless he cut into one before the center formed....
You are prolonging the suspense for him, for me, for Sandy, for all of us... lol I'd bet you read mysteries too...
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You are prolonging the suspense for him, for me, for Sandy, for all of us... lol I'd bet you read mysteries too...
now I am curious.....do you read mysteries???? LOL
Not much although I read. I am too impatient and have too vivid an imagination. Then, I get frustrated as I should have caught the clue. Not the best detective. Do you?
No, I don't read mysteries. Actually, these days I don't read much. Rather play in the dirt!!! Can't imagine why?
:~)
This is the thread I had going last year. If it isn't the snotty gobbles, there are a mess of similar trees listed.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1056651/
Ok...Here is an update. Smockette was by and she found a seed pod that she lost. We cut the seed pod in half and this is what we found.....anyone?
A close up of a seed split open.
This was the size of the seed pod.... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=8075879
This was the size of the largest leaf.... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=8075884
This message was edited Nov 25, 2010 9:59 PM
I found this seed pod in my garage. It does look like the Tung Oil Tree.
