I might be able to help you out later when the trees produce fruit
(September-October). I believe though that the species is cultivated and
may be available from some of the bigger native plant producers. Try a
search under its latin name (Maclura pomifera) or any of the vernacular
names you mentionned although I think that "bowdock" may be a phonetic
spelling of its French name, Bois D'arc which means bow-wood and refers to
the fact that the Osage Indians used it to make their bows. If you can't
find any and are still looking come fall, send me a reminder. They are easy
to come by if I can beat the squirrels and feral hogs to them.
Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
"El muerto a la sepultura, el vivo a la travesura"
"The dead to burial, the living to mischief"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Martin Moore
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:55 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net; nfc at actwin.com
> Subject: NANFA-- Sort of off topic: osage orange
>
>
> Does anybody on this list have any osage orange seeds? The fruit
> of this tree also goes by the name of hedge apple or horse apple. I
> have heard it called bowdock as well. This tree used to be fairly
> common in Mississippi but I'm having trouble finding one. Will
> trade some P. hubbsi for a pound or so of seeds :-)
>
> For those of you who don't know and are wondering, this tree has
> several uses. The wood is extremely hard and is used to make
> fenceposts which never rot. Plants can also be shaped into an
> impenetrable hedge to keep livestock in (or out). The fruit is
> reputed to repel insects. I want to replace some of the barbed wire
> on my property with a bowdock hedge, hence the request for such
> a large number of seeds.
>
>
>
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
> Jackson, MS
>
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