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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

And The Answer Is....?? (& add ons)

I keep coming back to this picture or at least ones like it in the link below...think we are close! I need to get my pics sent to an extension office-feel better that we are on the right track though! Thanks everyone!! http://www.thetreefarm.com/crabapple-adirondack The following few pics are those I took in the springtime-flowering crab/crabapple tree. Don't know its name but feel certain that's it.



This looks VERY different than it did in the spring!

Okay, it's about to happen again, so hang in there please! Didn't we just go through this in the spring when this tree was laden with beautiful white flowers (we all thought "like an apple tree")
Alas, there were no apples, but odd little green cherry looking things that spit hard little "nuts" all over my porch and yard.
Well, the season are changing and here I am once again, hoping that ONE of you will know what this is!  Some kind of crabtree I am assuming, but just WHAT kind?? The little cherry looking things are very hard (firm) and turning red (like an apple ripening) but are the size of a cherry.

Open to all thoughts...and yes, the obsession continues...





What the heck is she doing now?????


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    Mare....you created me to go on a search, I took from your write up that the flowers were white in the spring and now red berries. Depending on the zone you live in the type of trees mentioned in the attached might help you to figure it out. I would say Dogwood but you may compare the leaf of the tree with the names listed. Now the search is onto you since these old eyes need a bigger picture to go by.

    http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Tree-with-Red-Berries

    Happy hunting...
    Gloria

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    1. marejohnSeptember 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM

      Thanks Gloria. I have pictures from springtime in earlier posts so will go check!! Awesome!!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    GLORIA, WELCOME HOME. I BET IT IS A CRAB APPLE TREE OF SOME SORT. YOU MAYBE A HERO HERE ON MARES BLOG. MARES' TREE WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY LAST SPRING.THE FRUIT DOES LOOK LIKE A TREE ON GILLETTE ROAD I WOULD SEE WHEN I'D TAKE A WALK OVER THERE.YOU MAY HAVE SOLVE THE MYSTERY. NOW IF CASEY WILL POP IN HE'D KNOW FOR SURE. MARE SEND HIM A PICTURE.
    HOPE THE SCOOTER ARRIVES WITH A LARGE BOW. YOU'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HELP.

    EVERYONE MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY. I TRY EVERYDAY.

    GRANNY LOU

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    1. marejohnSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:03 PM

      TG I do think a flowering crab of some kind. Whatever it is it needs a trim. :)

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  3. JimisfanSeptember 25, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    Well, I looked at bing, flowering crab tree. I vote for that one. They grow well in sandy soil and Colorado has alot of them. Close by. We have tons of dogwood here. I have never seen "berries" or the like on them. It sure is a beautiful tree. Take some pics in fall, ok. Your a detective like me, you will find out what the heck it is!!

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    1. marejohnSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:06 PM

      Think ur right S!! Flowering crab is my guess but usually has red flowers first. The little apple things are small but r like an apple looking thing. We'll figure it out yet!
      I bet Grandma would know!!!!

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  4. LuvWheatiesSeptember 25, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    Mare, send a picture to one of the bigger nurseries or university extensions in your area, and ask them what kind of tree you have. I bet they would know!

    Love the pic of Ole!!

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    1. marejohnSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:09 PM

      Great idea Luvs. I forget about places like that as we have NOTHING here!! Extension office or University Of NE AG might know.
      Also the gratuitous pic of Ole was especially for YOU! (And Katie ). How's Annabell doing??
      Thnx for the suggestions. !

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    2. LuvWheatiesSeptember 25, 2012 at 11:00 PM

      Annabelle is doing very well! We will be celebrating her 13 1/2 birthday on Friday. After her health scare, I decided to start doing the half-birthdays with her.

      I love the shamefully gratuitous photos of Ole, so you got that right!

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  5. Katie In NJSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    Yes!!! Love, love, loved the great pic of Ole! He is the cutest darned thing! LOL

    I have never seen a Dogwood with berries and I have seen thousands of them. We have a crabapple tree and it never grows berries like yours either. It grows apples! In the spring! I second Luvs' suggestion to contact a university ag program. Gloria, thanks for looking though.

    xox
    Katie

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  6. marejohnSeptember 25, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    Oh, forgot to explain that these are "hard" with a little cherry like seed inside. They are the size of a cherry, but feel like an apple with a "pit" inside...and beautiful white flowers in the spring. This just CAN'T be that hard to find out. CAN it? LOL

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 8:34 PM

    I went further in my search since walking across the floor puts me out of breath....just saying!! I have lots of time to search things out now.

    I will now say a Hawthorn Tree....

    http://www.wedels.com/plants/trees_flowering.php

    You will have to compare your picture to the link I posted Mare.....

    Good luck....
    Gloria

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    Granny...I know where you are talking about on Gillette Road.

    Check out Syracuse.Com about the Fire Dept. It never ends here, hope they can clear things up fast and move forward. Our new Fire Chief lives two doors from me and I watched Jon grow into a fine man. I called him when I read the article and he called Jim C.

    Take care...
    Gloria

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    GOOD MORNING,

    GLORIA, I'VE HEARD OF A HAWTHORN TREE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN ONE OR MAYBE PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT KIND OF TREE I WAS LOOKING AT. INTERESTING! I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP,ALSO. AFTER ALL THIS TIME OF WONDERING JUST MAYBE YOU WIN THE PRIZE WHICH IS A TRIP TO MARES' FOR A PICNIC UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE. MAYBE I'LL COME ALONG. WE CAN TAKE OUR SCOOTERS AND SIGHT SEE ALONG THE WAY. NOW WOULDN'T THAT BE A HOOT?

    LIFE IS GREAT IF WE MAKE IT GREAT.

    GRANNY

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Hey, I love seeing pics of Ole also!!!
    Beth

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    1. marejohnSeptember 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM

      Well I thought of u too Beth! But thought you might be on Doxie overload!! ;)

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 4:32 PM

    Doubt it's a Hawthorn unless it has thorns.

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    1. marejohnSeptember 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM

      Think that's probably right-that it has to have thorns and mine doesn't..forgot to tell you that.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    I think I have figured it out...Magnolia trees produce red berries..... Seeing the picture of the flowering white tree, it looks like a magnolia tree.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_8595459_identify-tree-red-berries.html

    I searched and searched all day and now I am going to bed. After I posted the Hawthorn, I realized I needed to read a little further with my search for the Hawthorn does have thorns...hence...Hawthorn Tree.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    I forgot to sign my name...
    Gloria

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  14. marejohnSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM

    Well Gloria..that is just SO sweet of you to be looking!!! It has almost gotten to be like trying to put a puzzle together..just can't leave it alone...Hope you have a good sleep.
    Hugs-Mare

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    MARE AND GLORIA, LETS JUST CALL IT A FLOWERING CRAP TREE. ALSO AT THIS POINT I'D LAY A BET ON IT BECAUSE IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE ONE ON GILLETE ROAD WHERE I USED TO GO AND TAKE A SHORT WALK.

    I WISH IT WOULD COOL DOWN INTO THE 70S I'D LOVE TO GO OUTSIDE AND SIT UNDER THE OAK TREE AND COUNT ANTS. GO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY.

    GRANNY LOU

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  16. Katie In NJSeptember 27, 2012 at 3:13 PM

    The Magnolia trees here have a very different kind of flower from the one Mare has, but I suppose there can be more than one kind. Have you asked your landlord what kind of tree it is, Mare?

    We closed on our other house yesterday! It now has new owners and our responsibility there has ended. Hard to digest, really. Not fully accustomed to the idea yet. We celebrated last night but, alas, didn't pop open our bottle of Cuvee'. I'll be glad when this all sinks in. LOL

    My brother is in the hospital but it's just for an infection. He needed to be there so we're glad! Guess that sounds not nice of us but he needed more care than mom and Craig are able to give him right now. This is not the end, though. It's a good thing.

    xoxoxox
    Katie

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    1. marejohnSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:38 PM

      The magnolia trees here are different also Katie-don't know if they are all that way or not..more of a pinkish fluted blossom. No landlord to ask-just Mike and I fell certain he does NOT know! lol (nor does he probably care LOL)
      Sorry about your brother, BUT I DO know what you mean-is probably best he is in the hospital not only for HIM but for your mom too. This might take a load off her shoulders for a bit.
      Did anyone look at the link I added up above? That is my guess on the tree. Think we'll call it a flowering crabbie thing of some kind and that's good (although I really DO want to check with an extension office)
      Have a good one!
      M

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