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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 23, 2007, at 11:15 AM, EarthNSky wrote:

> I think I asked this once before, but CRS has striken, so here we  
> go again..
> I have several trees on my property that have a fruit that is the  
> color
> of a blueberry, but the size and shape of a persimmon.  This grows in
> the woods alongside the hickories, oaks, and sweetgums.  It must fruit
> in late June, as I am finding the semi-dried fruits on the ground now.
> Each fruit has multiple seeds, like a persimmon, but this is not a
> persimmon tree.
>
> Any ideas?

Are you sure it's not a persimmon? Early fruit is the color of blue  
plums.