FRUIT TREES

 

    We shouldn't really call these things tree seeds.  

They contain the seeds but are more properly known as fruits with the smaller seeds inside.

We think of autumn as the time for mellow fruitfulness 

but although not ripe, the fruits are already forming.

Sycamore helicopters

 

Ash keys 

Beech mast

  

Hornbeam catkins

  

And spectacular lime tree flowers beloved of bees . . . 

. . . with the pea-sized fruits forming behind.