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Unread 12-09-2019, 06:55 PM   #11
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What are these, usually in the bottom of the swales.
They look li.ke tomatoes, but are dry and hollow
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i have seen these things too...i think they are some kind of wild gourd....charlie
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They are indeed a type of gourd. Used to throw them at each other as kids!
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We had corncob battles on the dairy farm I grew up on in Ohio
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They are maypops. We've got them here in GA, too. The dried vine in the pic helped me identify them.

Passiflora incarnata

https://garden.org/plants/view/78168...ora-incarnata/

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They are indeed a type of gourd. Used to throw them at each other as kids!
We still like to lob one now and then when walking a cover; you can get some pretty startled reactions .
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