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amc317
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What are these thing????
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August 31, 2014, 08:14:23 AM »
my dad and i have never seen them until we moved recently , there's a big oak where we see these, my dad cut one open and it ruined his razor. Are these fruit?? If so are they edible
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Re: What are these thing????
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August 31, 2014, 08:15:38 AM »
Where do you live?
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amc317
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August 31, 2014, 08:33:48 AM »
North central Indiana, no water sources around.
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imnukensc
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August 31, 2014, 09:57:25 AM »
Pretty sure they're oak galls aka oak apples. Typically caused by a type of wasp.
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amc317
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August 31, 2014, 01:31:32 PM »
Okay sounds like it, why are these red and white though?
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imnukensc
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August 31, 2014, 01:45:20 PM »
No clue. Maybe has something to do with how mature/old they are?
Images of oak galls/oak apples:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=643&q=oak+apples&oq=oak+apples&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l5.1770.8253.0.10055.10.9.0.1.1.0.88.634.9.9.0....0...1ac.1.52.img..0.10.642.Iw8ud2jkJTs
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August 31, 2014, 02:38:49 PM »
I found this......scroll down the page.
http://saratogawoodswaters.blogspot.com/2011/08/away-to-vermont-home-again-to-wilton.html
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amc317
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August 31, 2014, 02:45:14 PM »
Okay yep its a gall, here we was thinking it was a fruit lol.
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