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Pumpkin -vs- Gourd

Ken Johnson

By Ken Johnson
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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Just some Sunday fun. Picked these on my farm this morning.

One is an easy guess, do you know the other?

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I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

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Jerry@TreeZoo Grand Master

Jerry@TreeZoo

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Avocado and God knows what?

Jerry

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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I think the other might be

calabash

Crescentia cujete

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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OKAY-

I'm confused. Which is what??  ???

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Jeff Searle Grand Master

Jeff Searle

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Bill,

      The avocado is on the left, calabash on the right.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Zac in NC Veteran

Zac in NC

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Ah yes, Crescentia cujete, one of the most unusual lookign trees I saw on my trips to Mexico. Got any seeds of that one? I'd like to try growing it, but I was never able to find them in fruit on the Mexico trips.

Zac

Zac  

Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/zacspics - My Webshots Gallery

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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(Jeff Searle @ Nov. 05 2006,18:11)

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Bill,

      The avocado is on the left, calabash on the right.

Thanks Jeff,

It looked like a Avocado.  I just wasn't sure what a " 'cader" was!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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(Zac in NC @ Nov. 05 2006,22:43)

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Ah yes, Crescentia cujete, one of the most unusual lookign trees I saw on my trips to Mexico. Got any seeds of that one? I'd like to try growing it, but I was never able to find them in fruit on the Mexico trips.

Zac

It is strange.

Here's one in Hawai'i.

dave

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Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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Any more odd fruit to ID trivia?

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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I am thinking olives.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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osage orange

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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And what is this - probably an easy guess for most fruit lovers!

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

Ken Johnson Grand Master

Ken Johnson

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I love eating BREAD FRUIT Al.

I have had it deap fried when ripe and boiled in a Conch salad when unripe!

I DIG PALMS

Call me anytime to chat about transplanting palms.

305-345-8918

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Zac in NC Veteran

Zac in NC

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I know what 31 is. Nice Vine. Grenadilla I believe is the common name( other than Passion Fruit). Its a Passiflora.

Zac

Zac  

Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

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Dave Butler Proficient

Dave Butler

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(Zac in NC @ Nov. 08 2006,16:03)

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I know what 31 is. Nice Vine. Grenadilla I believe is the common name( other than Passion Fruit). Its a Passiflora.

Zac

Passion Fruit Correct #31

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Alan_Tampa Mentor

Alan_Tampa

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that last fuzzyy one is ndea.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

Zac in NC Veteran

Zac in NC

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Interesting. Do you know what mine was? I do. Just wondering if anyone else does. If Richard Travis is watching, no fair. You were there and know what it is.

Zac

Zac  

Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/zacspics - My Webshots Gallery

Dave Butler Proficient

Dave Butler

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(Zac in NC @ Nov. 08 2006,15:45)

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Here is another mystery fruit.

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Zac

Looks like kigelia fruit, hard to see from photo

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www.CrotonMania.com

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