micky wrote:

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The tree in question was about 50 feet high. Its "fruit" looks like
long strings of green grapes, 4 or 5 inches long, 2 at each level,
except they are less than half the size of actual grapes, they are
hard, pointy at the unattached end, with a tiny bit of red-colored
stuff at that end.

When they split open, they let out stuff that's lighter and finer than
cotton, looks a bit like cotton, but they float. It looks even more
like milkweed seeds when they are floating along, except milkweed has
a big seed. This has a really small one.

Any guess what this is?


Here's my guess--
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ts_2009_G1.jpg

That photo is 'next week' for those 'bunches of grapes'.

Soft wood- good for lumber, and turning- but not much else.

Jim