I couldn't recall the exact spelling, but you just did!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: Denkhaus, Robert <DenkhaR_at_Ci.Fort-Worth.TX.US>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Sort of off topic: osage orange
> Martin,
>
> 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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