My mistake, I remember cutting them from the backyard tree of a friend. But
the vine must have been climbing on that particular tree so all I remember
is picking from the tree. Thanks for your corrective action!!

Wayne

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> > > > Hard ch like in church, then hard eye like your eye followed
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> > > > with hard O and te with soft e not like tea but lik elephant.
> Chayote...
> > > it
> > > > is not a squash, it is a tree grown fruit - seed inside, meat around
> the
> > > > seed, and protective skin. Fruit. Prepared like a vegetable.
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> > > It's not a tree grown fruit, it comes from a vine. I know, I've grown
> > them.
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> > They grow on vines here too. I've grown them.
> > Jack
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> When I grew them in Phoenix I had one over 50 feet spreading across my
back
> fence. It made over 20 fruit that I had to freeze so they were not wasted.
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> I wonder where Mr. Lundberg is from, where his Chayotes grow from trees.
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