It made me think of a Kousa dogwood fruit, but it would be too early for those. Most are just flowering now. The fruit starts light green then changes to the color in the picture.
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Kind of reminds me of that, except for the color, lol, but it's a bit more elongated rather than round, but definitely that bumpy raspberry quality.

I can get a picture later today when I get home, only of the fruit though, I don't think I'll be near the tree tonite.
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A magnolia then....but SURELY she would notice the flowers!

By the way, I adore cedar waxwings. I see them very occasionally in my japanese holly bush.

I'm sure we would have noticed those spectacular flowers for sure!!! It is sort of similar to a pic of a magnolia fruit though.

I was hoping somebody would have this same tree in their yard right now, lol.

I think it may be a mulberry, anybody have one w/green fruit all over it right now? It would explain the "lack" of flowers, I guess they are green, so they wouldn't be too spectacular.

Actually, I recently read that waxwings prefer green fruit over red, more than other species of bird... now, where was that article?

I was thinking mulberry, too. Those berries are pretty delicious when ripe, as I remember, but I never tried a green one.

I also wonder if any of the other dogwoods, ones that don't have showy flowers, have fruits that are similar to kousa. Cornus mas, perhaps, or gray dogwood? I don't know what those fruits look like, as I don't grow the gray dogwood and have never thought to check c. mas (which I DO have) for fruit.

If it's mulberry, your friend should remember to pick some for herself when they ripen - it can be a pretty weedy tree, but the fruit is perfectly nice.

Sorry to post so late to this topic. I just found this place and created an ID just to answer this LOL.

It is definately a mullberry tree. I am assuming the berries are white and look a little like strawberries?

I have one and I get tons os Cedar Waxwings as well as Baltimoe Orioles and Robins. They eat the fruit until it is completely gone.

The Mullberry tree is considered a weed to most but I love my tree. It is right near my porch and I spend a couple of hours every day watching the birds enjoying the fruit. The only downfall is that the berries fall off the tree and can make a mess. To me it is worth the inconvenience though. Mullberry is a favorite for many birds and if you have one in your yard the birds will be there from morning to night.

Thanks for posting this, kallen. I took out a mulberry about 10 years ago, based on its reputation for weediness, and have regretted it ever since. Having one where it can be seen from a patio or from the house, but where the falling berries would not be a problem, seems ideal.

Oh, and welcome to the NE forum!