On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:46:33 -0400, Jim Elbrecht
wrote:

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'.

Didn't understand this at first. Yes, the picture is after all the
grapes have burst, which has pretty much happened in the last two
days. Maybe cutting the branches from the trunk sped it up.

It's a cottonwood tree, which is a kind of poplar.

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

One page said it was hard wood but a soft kind. !!

Jim