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Subject: Prickly pear type, tennis ball size???
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Alexsdad |
Garden State Pumpkins
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Neighbor has squirrels bringing these odd shaped prickly green covered items to his yard...this is something I've never seen the size is an oblong tennis ball green in color impossible to touch the needles are so sharp...when I cut it open seems to have a whitish acorn type nut..much larger though...any ideas? I have one that I cut open but could probably get a picture of it.
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9/24/2008 5:38:04 PM
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DTM Mountaineer (Doug) |
West By God Virginia
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Sounds like a chestnut.
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9/24/2008 5:56:41 PM
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LIpumpkin |
Long Island,New York
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horse chestnut...white nut turns nice chestnut color in the air after a bit right?
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9/24/2008 5:58:14 PM
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Alexsdad |
Garden State Pumpkins
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G...I've see chestnuts in husk before but these are extra large and twice as prickly. got it fully open now does look like it has two chestnuts inside that are discoloring just as you said...Now He's gotta find where the tree is!! LOL Thanks guys for the help! I will look up a horse chestnut to see if I can get a picture of one.
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9/24/2008 6:10:53 PM
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Alexsdad |
Garden State Pumpkins
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G..sent ya a pic.
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9/24/2008 6:49:34 PM
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LIpumpkin |
Long Island,New York
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Not horse....its a chestnut---the kind you can eat...
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9/24/2008 6:52:26 PM
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NP |
Pataskala,OH
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Sounds like a osage orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage-orange
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9/24/2008 7:50:10 PM
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NP |
Pataskala,OH
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Chestnuts cant be the size of tennis balls
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9/24/2008 7:55:50 PM
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Alexsdad |
Garden State Pumpkins
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I've never seen an edible chestnut...that's what it is...I've always seen horse chestnuts and never even knew it was a horse chestnut.
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9/24/2008 7:56:36 PM
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Frank and Tina |
South East
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edible chestnuts are awsome.
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9/24/2008 8:05:32 PM
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Iowegian |
Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Osage orange is not priclky. It has a skin like an orange or grapefruit. Could it be a buckeye??
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9/24/2008 8:36:33 PM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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Sounds like a horse chestnut...The hulls are green prickily and soft. Break it open. You will find the chestnuts inside. P.S. NicNIC they get as big as a softball.
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10/1/2008 2:05:20 PM
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