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Oct 19, 2014 10:09 AM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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It's a type of Ornamental Gourd. Apparently, it's a variety that' been around since at least the 1800's and they used to serve as nest eggs (i.e. the artificial eggs that replaced real eggs in a nest to encourage the chicken to continue laying). Shrug!

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