Che Tree
Q: I found a small tree with weird looking fruit behind my neighborhood library. It is growing in a tangle with other small trees and has thorns on the branches. Any ideas?
A: You found a che tree, Cudrania tricuspidata, also known as Chinese mulberry and mandarin melon. There’s no telling where it came from. Someone in the neighborhood must have one and a bird may have dropped seed behind the library. The fruit is sweet and edible, though chewy. A couple of online catalogs offer the tree, including Edible Landscaping.
See these sources for a discussion of its characteristics.
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Tomato – Chemical Burn on Leaves
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Deer – Rubbing on Trees
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Donkey Manure – Using
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Holly ‘Sky Pencil’ – Euonymus Scale
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Chinese Tallow Tree – Identification
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Centipede Lawn – Seed Development
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Garden – Topsoil
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Indoor palm – Spider mites
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Nemacide – Nematode Control
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Nut Orchard – Creation
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