I couldn't make the timing happen to get to campus with Nich so he could show me the tree that made the mystery berries. A few days passed. Then, with absolutely no drama, I sat with Leslie in her thoughtful spot, looked at the base of our cabbage tree and beheld a similar berry! I looked up at the tree and there were hundreds of them. How dim am I? We've lived here for about half a decade and I just now notice that the biggest tree in the backyard yields these orange bursts of wonder!!
The Gift
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[Christmas, 1965 or thereabout]
The boy was very young; perhaps 7 or 8 years old. He loved everything about
Christmas - the lights, the music, Santa ...
10 months ago
7 Comments:
That's awfully damn funny, Stu. Now, what do those things grow into? Are they just similar to acorns - from tiny whatevers a mighty cabbage tree grows?
I mean to say, do they become edible fruits of some kind, or usually metamorphise in some way prior to falling to the ground?
Sully,
I have no idea. I did a short 'net scan, but found no other pictures of said fruit. I'll continue searching, as they are too pretty to ignore.
Hmm, I was going to ask if they're edible too.
This site claims that early pioneers 'harvested the bud, called the “heart”, for food that they cooked and ate like cabbage. This was often called “swamp cabbage.”'
glad to hear the mystery is solved - although it seems like you've got another one to solve now! If they are edible you'll have to let us know how they taste!
swamp cabbage... hmmm... not so sure i'd want to eat anything called that though ;)
wow. that's hilarious. way to be aware of your environment, my friend!
i'm glad you found an answer to your question. things like that get stuck in my head and drive me nuts. (some say it's a short road.)
I want to do more research before I try to eat one. I haven't found a place that details these exact berries in any detail.
I'm now searching to hire a gardening expert for my front/back, so maybe they'll know something about these.
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