Re: NANFA-- Sort of off topic: osage orange

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Fri, 4 May 2001 14:56:53 -0500

No problemo Martin........I have several young transplantable trees in my
back yard and can get additional seeds from the L.S.U. campus this summer
when the fruit has matured and dropped to the ground. As a matter of fact,
this is where my young trees originated from! I also have plenty of slices
of old and aged wood, (like me) from previously fallen Osage Orange
trees....

It has a golden color after being dryed out, while it's still fresh the wood
is a bright yellow color and smells of citric acid!

BG
----- Original Message -----
From: D. Martin Moore <archimed_at_netdoor.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>; <nfc at actwin.com>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:54 PM
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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