There’s a tree on our way up to Tom and The Lovely Laura’s that is puzzling Nigel greatly. It was the conker tree on a corner patch on the main road that first drew Nigel’s attention to the area, as it is absolutely laden with massive aforementioned conkers which he is determined to be the first under when they start dropping ….. especially now re: yesterday’s post, we have so many spiders lodging with us, because according to ancient legend and folklore conkers are supposed to repel said insects.
But I digress …… the fruit on the tree in question look like apples, very red stroke orange in colour, but they are long, rather than round ………
Nigel did wonder if they might “round up” a bit more as they grew, but they don’t seem to have grown that much in the weeks that he has been following them.
The leaves don’t look awfully appleish either, being quite large and glossy and if they do turn out to be apples in the end, it’s in a really unusual place for one to be growing, ….. however, that would then bode well for very easy scrumping when they are ripe and a welcome bonus to our rigorous 5 a day plus regime.
It’s a quite a mystery, but probably very hysterically obvious to our readers, who will hopefully help settle his quandary. However, we feel we should hang our heads in shame at our seemingly ever growing ignorance of matters of a nature type nature ……
Well I don't really know - as Mavis used to say from Corrie - I would have said Rosehip berries but the leaves don't look like rosehip leaves - so not sure what they are! JantheFan x
ReplyDeleteThem there fruits look awfully like rosehips to us. Apparently, kids in the North East of England used to go gathering them for Delrosa to use for their rosehip syrup. They were paid per pound in weight and it was a great way to supplement their pocket money at this time of year. Hey up Nigel, a little earner for you perhaps? You can always stand on Monkey and Darrell's shoulders like a circus act to reach the upper branches! Snort.
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More information and a recipe for Nigel!
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Is it a type of crab apple?
ReplyDeleteIf so, best explain to Nigel that they don't turn into crabs a la transformers.
Lovely color and while they do look familiar, just can't come up with a name! ...another of nature's beauties .....Love, Dianne
ReplyDeleteThese look good enough to eat but might give you a tummy ache though do best just to admire from afar.
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are they crab apples not nice to eat raw but you can make jams out of them if they are big love marc
ReplyDeleteAre they apricots?
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