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Jun 14, 2020 08:08:55 #
What is this , is it eatable, will anything eat it , does it have any uses. How many names does it have. What about the tree it grows on dose it have any uses.
Jun 14, 2020 08:41:59 #
imjac54
Loc: Waynesburg Pa. area
It’s called Osage orange! Commonly called monkey balls. I don’t know anyone who ever tried to eat any if even possible. But the trees were used for fence posts on farms in Pa and probably other states in the East. Also the wood is very good firewood burns hot. The fruit is very good for wildlife after a hard frost in the fall softens it. I’ve seen deer, squirrels, pheasants and many bird species feeding on the fruit in the late fall and winter.
Jun 14, 2020 08:43:19 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
Osage orange aka brain fruit. N A s used the wood for bows. Don't think anything eats the fruit.
Jun 14, 2020 09:01:03 #
Fishon Fishon
Loc: Baton Rouge Louisiana
My dad called them horse apples and the tree is a bodoc tree used to make smoking pipes and Fishon Fishon!!!!
Jun 14, 2020 09:13:10 #
Wv mike wrote:
What is this , is it eatable, will anything eat it , does it have any uses. How many names does it have. What about the tree it grows on dose it have any uses.
Osage orange I’m thinking, if it is I had a turkey slate call made out of it years ago by some small call maker. I’m thinking it worked hence I no longer have it and it’s the ones that work Best I seem to lose first.
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Jun 14, 2020 10:17:26 #
I don’t know if it’s true but i was told that if you place some under the house it will repeal spiders
Jun 14, 2020 10:25:37 #
Newt
Loc: Longview, Texas
Down in Texas we call them horse apples and the tree that grows them is a Bodark tree also known as Osage orange. Scientific name is Maclura Pomifera. I don’t believe the fruit is edible by humans.
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Jun 14, 2020 11:26:21 #
Newt wrote:
Down in Texas we call them horse apples and the tree that grows them is a Bodark tree also known as Osage orange. Scientific name is Maclura Pomifera. I don’t believe the fruit is edible by humans.
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Jun 14, 2020 13:11:56 #
bossman
Loc: Crestview Florida
I grew up in Illinois as a boy, at that time there were still many hedge rows as they were called. And the fruit was called hedge apples. I was always told to stay away from them because they were poison. I did find out that they white sap from them could be irritating to your skin first hand experience. We had many animals on the farm but never saw any of them eat them and they would cover the ground around the trees
Jun 14, 2020 13:32:40 #
imjac54
Loc: Waynesburg Pa. area
I’ve heard placing in the house also like behind doors and out of the way places repels spiders. But I don’t know if it works!
Jun 14, 2020 17:48:24 #
John D
Loc: Duncanville Alabama
Wvmike,
Osage Orange, Horse Apple,Hedge Apples,Bois D’ Arc (Bodoc). It’s found in several counties in Alabama but prevalent in Greene, Sumter, Pickens & Perry & Marengo counties. Wood is extremely hard & durable. I know of two pieces that are the anchor post for a cattle catch pin in Greene County that are well over 100 years old & still being used today. It’s best to drill holes in it before attempting to hammer in fence staples or nails.
Osage Orange, Horse Apple,Hedge Apples,Bois D’ Arc (Bodoc). It’s found in several counties in Alabama but prevalent in Greene, Sumter, Pickens & Perry & Marengo counties. Wood is extremely hard & durable. I know of two pieces that are the anchor post for a cattle catch pin in Greene County that are well over 100 years old & still being used today. It’s best to drill holes in it before attempting to hammer in fence staples or nails.
Jun 14, 2020 20:01:24 #
I have a neighbor who makes longbows out of Osage orange wood. We always called them hedge balls.
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