What kind of tree is this..?

[buckmaster]

I took forestry in high school for 2 years, and all i know about this tree is it is some kind of Pear, and deer mutilate it....

I noticed the seemingly highly educated tree people in Gmmat's thread so i thought i would question my own. What you cant see obviously is the fruit which is a small orange colored fruit about the size of a pinball maybe slightly larger. the buds are sharp thorn like and the pics will have to do the rest of the explaining... what kind of tree is this??

[UncleNorby]

Persimmon?

That's about the only one I know with round orange fruit.

Deer do like them.

[recurver167]

I read all the post this time.

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[quiksilver]

I have 2 guesses:

American Persimmon







The only thing causing me to hesitate is the picture of the bark. Persimmon bark seems a little more blocky than what you posted above.Close... But I'm not 100% convinced.



Fruit has a leafy crown, and you'll recognize it immediately.



http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=29



Guess #2: Callery Pear

1/2" diameter fruit. Not really "orange" but has a bit of an orange tone. Smallish, almost cherry-sized.





http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=132


For what it's worth, the leaves you have pictured definitely look like pear leaves. They're thick and waxy looking, and have the same leaf distribution pattern.

[recurver167]

I thought it some kind of pear too until I read "all" the post.

[SwampCollie]

I think Fran got it.....looks like a callery to me.

Has all the same features too..... with all the ice and what not that y'all get in SWVA... that explains why a tree growing out in the open that would normally have a nice round crown on top... has a fairly thin, upright crown instead.... because pears (especially callery's.... from which came the insurance adjusters friend the Bradford) tend to sheer off their limbs pretty easily.

[AR Bowhunter]

Looks like a persimmon tree, have one in the back yard.

[early in]

Persimmon. At first I thought it was a Bradford Pear.

[treboryerf]

could you post a pic of the fruit?I would say persimmon,but the bark of the tree does not look like the trees I have seen unless it is a young tree,also most persimmon trees in the wild have more than one around normally there will be 2 or three close together.