A Giant Cluster of Grapes

I haven't had a chance to do a single day of plant hunting this year.  This makes me grumpy.

I did find this broom by chance, though.  It is in a Ponderosa Pine in eastern Washington.  It looks like a giant cluster of grapes hanging from a single branch.  I wonder how long it will be before it just breaks off and falls to the ground.

Of interest in this broom are loads of female cones.  I will try to collect seeds later in the month- as well as grafts in the winter.