What is this thing?

[desertrat]

Found under a tree up by the St Marys welcome center. There were a bunch of them so it must be a normal seed. I don't have a description of the tree.

 

[Angel]

Ewww... It looks like broccoliflower.

 

[trilogy]

dont know what it is but i found one at st. marys collage last weekend.

 

[Nanny Pam]

Found under a tree up by the St Marys welcome center. There were a bunch of them so it must be a normal seed. I don't have a description of the tree.

:shrug:

 

[Angel]

Where is Larry when we need him?

 

[Wenchy]

This looks like it:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...n+tree+fruit&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G

 

[Angel]

I was curious because the picture was so gross, so I had to research this seed. The closest thing I could find was an Oak Acorn Seed.

 

[Wenchy]

Here's a better picture. What do you think?

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...es?q=osage+orange&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8

 

[mAlice]

http://www.andrewclem.com/Photos/VirginiaFall2004.html

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LEFT: An Osage orange, a large, sticky, fiber-filled inedible fruit that ripens in late Autumn. Supposedly, they are useful as pest repellants because of their unpleasant odor. (November 22, 2004)

 

[FireBrand]

Grows up to be...........

 

[Sharon]

There were a bunch of them so it must be a normal seed.

What's inside? Open it up.

 

[desertrat]

Grows up to be...........

I think I'll put it outside now.

 

[desertrat]

http://www.andrewclem.com/Photos/VirginiaFall2004.html

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LEFT: An Osage orange, a large, sticky, fiber-filled inedible fruit that ripens in late Autumn. Supposedly, they are useful as pest repellants because of their unpleasant odor. (November 22, 2004)

It does look like that and smells citrus like. I knew you all would come through!

 

[refugee44]

It's a Hedge Ball!

I haven't seen one of these in Maryland before. I'm orginally from the Midwest where these are very common. We refer to them as Hedge Balls, but I've heard them called Hedge Apples before. Not sure what they are supposed to be used for, other than growing new Hedge ball trees. My grandmother used to swear you should keep one or two in the house to keep bugs away. *shrug*

There are lots of "facts" about Hedge balls on this website:

http://hedgeapple.com/

 

[RoseRed]

I haven't seen one of these in Maryland before. I'm orginally from the Midwest where these are very common. We refer to them as Hedge Balls, but I've heard them called Hedge Apples before. Not sure what they are supposed to be used for, other than growing new Hedge ball trees. My grandmother used to swear you should keep one or two in the house to keep bugs away. *shrug*

There are lots of "facts" about Hedge balls on this website:

http://hedgeapple.com/

I bet it hurts to be struck by one.

 

[BS Gal]

I bet it hurts to be struck by one.

The guy that brought it back to the office said they were falling at the Welcome Center from a tree across the road. Welcome to St. Mary's County.....BOINKONTHEHEAD.

 

[RoseRed]

The guy that brought it back to the office said they were falling at the Welcome Center from a tree across the road. Welcome to St. Mary's County.....BOINKONTHEHEAD.

I bet it left a dent.

 

[Sharon]

There are lots of "facts" about Hedge balls on this website:

http://hedgeapple.com/

Very interesting.

 

[BS Gal]

Very interesting.

I told him to crack it open. He won't. I hope he moved it outside.

 

[BS Gal]

I bet it left a dent.

The Welcome Center is great. They get like five visitors a week. Thank will probably decrease with the boinkingsonthehead.