Black Gum?

Walked this morning with Nolan Coleman. I was taking a picture of my pretty red tree which has almost dropped all of it's leaves when he walked up. Poor Nolan! He had showed up to walk with me and the Blakley Ladies.  However they were busy at Jefferson Corner. So Nolan had to walk with me.

 

This how the tree looked last week.

Nolan thought the tree is a Black Gum. I came home and checked my little Golden Book on the Trees of North America. The book agreed with Nolan. Must be a good book.