what is this????

[testcricket01]

was working on a oak tree today and saw these unusal things growing out of the folage and out of the stem ive never seen this before the oak was covered in them just wanted to no if anyone knows what they are etc

[Meep]

Cynips quercusfolii or Oak Gall.

[Tommy_B]

Yep. Thats my guess too!!

[John Hancock]

was working on a oak tree today and saw these unusal things growing out of the folage and out of the stem ive never seen this before the oak was covered in them just wanted to no if anyone knows what they are etc

 

 

Ever heard of Oak Apple Day??

[Meep]

Oak Apple Day - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Oak Apple Day was a holiday celebrated in England on 29 May to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy in Great Britain and Ireland, in May 1660. In some parts of the country, the day was also known as Shick-Shack Day or Arbour Day.

In 1660, Parliament declared 29 May a public holiday:

"Parliament had ordered the 29 of May, the King's birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny and the King's return to his Government, he entering London that day." [1]

Though the holiday, Oak Apple Day, was formally abolished in 1859, a 1915 film clip of Colonel Lyttleton inspecting the Chelsea pensioners on Oak Apple Day is preserved at the British Film Institute.[2]

Traditional celebrations to commemorate the event often entailed the wearing of oak apples (a type of plant gall, possibly known in some parts of the country as a shick-shack, but see the article on its etymology in the external links) or sprigs of oak leaves, in reference to the occasion after the Battle of Worcester in September 1651, when the future Charles II of England escaped the Roundhead army by hiding in an oak tree near Boscobel House.

These ceremonies, which have now largely died out, are perhaps continuations of pre-Christian nature worship. The Garland King who rides through the streets of Castleton, Derbyshire, at the head of a procession, completely disguised in greenery, which is affixed to a pinnacle on the parish church tower, can have little connection with the Restoration. Events still take place at Upton-upon-Severn, Northampton, Aston on Clun in Shropshire, Marsh Gibbon in Buckinghamshire, Great Wishford in Wiltshire, and Membury in Devon.

At some Oxford and Cambridge halls a toast is still drunk to celebrate Oak Apple day.

[Khriss]

They are suprising aren't they? Very apple-like, lots round here, usually on mature >60 yrs specimens, dont eat them children.

 

K

[tommer9]

Yeah, weird little thing. Never noticed them in abundance though. Ill keep more of a look out now.

[TREELINE]

Thats the most appley oak apple ive ever seen. Looks like a Royal Gala!!

[testcricket01]

cheers for replys guys think u must hav cracked wat it is still couldnt belive how many of them there was in that tre though all like they are in picture all quite big very apple like strange things all i can say