Exotic Maple Of Some Sort
Next winter, I'm going to send him a decidedly un-exotic Acer grandidentatum. (scroll down two pics)
I have one of those at my dad's place. They are super nice.
I took some pics of another one that was a more bright red that I need to get on line. It's hard to sort through 550 shots! Film used to make me make better choices. We also had ripe plums while we were there. Too late for cherries, too early for apples, though.