What the BEEP is this fruit.

We were looking around my mothers property, and we found a bush that is producing this fruit.
Any clue what it is.
Approx: 1 inch round. 3 inches long.
My mother thinks they are called Bird Tomatoes. Never heard such a thing..
Edible or Not?

Thanks
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Wish I could help you out bud but I've never seen anything like that before. Are you sure it's a fruit and not a vegetable?

looks like a cherry tomato except for that thing on the bottom

Pygmy pumpkin :)

Looks like a pomegranate, or it sure shape and look like it.

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Originally Posted by Costactc

Wish I could help you out bud but I've never seen anything like that before. Are you sure it's a fruit and not a vegetable?

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Well I'm calling it a fruit because it resembles a fruit more then a veg.

I was thinking some kind of persimmon. They are found in the central USA.

Definitely not a cherry tomato..

Not sure?

Thanks
James Bond 007

Here is what it looks like cut open. Resembles a pepper of some kind. No noticeable smell.

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Originally Posted by Jdread

Looks like a pomegranate, or it sure shape and look like it.

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Definitely not a pomegranite, lived where they grow for 8 years and I still eat them.

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Originally Posted by Costactc

Definitely not a pomegranite, lived where they grow for 8 years and I still eat them.

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Agree.....

I would email your local garden center with a few pics. Got me baffled.

Yeah I agree. I think I need to send some pics to the Conservation Department.
I'm sure they would know.

Thanks
James Bond 007

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Originally Posted by JamesBond007

Well I'm calling it a fruit because it resembles a fruit more then a veg.

I was thinking some kind of persimmon. They are found in the central USA.

Definitely not a cherry tomato..

Not sure?

Thanks
James Bond 007

Here is what it looks like cut open. Resembles a pepper of some kind. No noticeable smell.

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you may be right... I saw this thread & googled persimmon images...

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you've heard of a sweet potato right... well what you've got there is a sweet tomato...lol

That is a wild rose seed pod. Google it ;)

OMG the pods are back, get the army on the big red phone, I thought we got all those back in 87'........Dang flamethrowers must have run out of juice............................................. .....................Sorry............My fault..............kind of....not for the pods being back...............maybe the flamethrower........I might have kinked a hose.............or two................My fault............the hose.........maybe..........might have........maybe................not.

.... latest batch of cookies was a success I gather :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by StanW

That is a wild rose seed pod. Google it ;)

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Very Good. StanW is correct.

Looked it up, and that is it.
Wild rose Seed Pods, AKA Rose Hips. Very High in Vitamin C.

Thanks a lot. You guys all ways come up with the answers.

James Bond 007

StanW how about 20 Satfix buxs to you.
Thanks