What kind of tree is this..?
 

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??

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Persimmon?

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

Deer do like them.

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I read all the post this time.:)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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Well I should have added that my Forestry teacher said it was not a persimmon, and he now works for the State forestry department, so I dont think its a persimmon, but , all i had to show him was a twig, and dead leaf.

If i remember correctly the fruit is not always orange, seems like it was a greenish color for a while, i could be wrong though, thats why im asking,

It didnt bear any fruit last year due to a heavy frost i guess, so im going by memory.

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Yes, but George Bush who's the President of the USA said Iraq had WMD's, and they didn't.;):D:D:D:D:D:D

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This is pics of a persimmon tree in the back yard. The leaves are kind of velvet like to the touch.That tree does not resemble this really that much. The fruit does look close.

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The leaves.

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Im going out on a limb here....(no pun):DIf my memory serves me correctly this tree has white flowery blossums during the spring... hope that helps. Im not gonna swear to it though.

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Depends on the size of the blooms. Lots of small white flowers/clusters would be a callery... which I think it is.

A persimmon has a bloom almost like a dogwood.... Don't have many of them in my part of VA... lots of dogwoods.. few Persimmons.

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Do the blossoms look anything like this?

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No not that i can recall, I would have remembered the whole fiber optic look.

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Looks like some kind ofwild plum. I could be wrong. [&:]

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Early, you are going to have to start charging. I have been bugging earlyin lately on various hickory's.

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Hmmm. Well, dang, I was thinking it might be apricot. That might be the wrong picture for their blossom though or a different variety. Here is another apricot blossom that I think is more common.

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I'm almost sure it's a persimmon. A pear (bradford or callery)has somewhat shorter/fatter leaves for sure.

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I have a friend that always jokes... "Always question authority".
Althought it's a joke, sadly it's true on many occasions.
Thanks for the laugh early in!:D