Who knows
Jun 14, 2020 20:03:55 #
Iowa Farmer wrote:
I have a neighbor who makes longbows out of Osage orange wood. We always called them hedge balls.
We always called them bodark apples.
Jun 14, 2020 23:53:21 #
Newt
Loc: Longview, Texas
Hey Jeremy
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
Jun 15, 2020 00:27:52 #
Newt wrote:
Hey Jeremy
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
Meadow muffins usually refers to cow patties and road apples refers to horse droppings. Just Sayin.
Jun 15, 2020 14:23:50 #
volfman
Loc: New Braunfels, Texas
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.
Google "Bois d' arc." Pronounced in English "bodark." The wood from the tree is used for things all ready mentioned. In central Texas where I have seen the fruit, it mostly stays where it falls and the bugs seem to be the only things that eat it. It does not make for good base balls, but they do go right through the glass of the mean old guy at the end of the roads windows. Don't know how I know that fact. It's sort of a foggy memory.
Jun 15, 2020 14:40:11 #
Justoldjim
Loc: JUNCTION CITY, OR.
Newt wrote:
Hey Jeremy
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
Have you ever heard of meadow muffins or prairie patties, probably a cousin to your road apples.
Have a great day
I would say the are the same as road apples kicked a few as a kid
Jun 15, 2020 14:49:40 #
volfman wrote:
Google "Bois d' arc." Pronounced in English "bodark." The wood from the tree is used for things all ready mentioned. In central Texas where I have seen the fruit, it mostly stays where it falls and the bugs seem to be the only things that eat it. It does not make for good base balls, but they do go right through the glass of the mean old guy at the end of the roads windows. Don't know how I know that fact. It's sort of a foggy memory.
Jun 15, 2020 22:32:20 #
DeeJay
Loc: Southwest Virginia
Hedge apple, extremely hard wood, even green will dull a chain saw quickly. Don't try to eat the forbidden fruit, stay out of the garden of eden
DeeJay
DeeJay
Jun 16, 2020 06:54:01 #
threeCs
Loc: Allen Texas
I have always known them as horse apples. I don't remember ever seeing a horse eat one though. I have seen squirrels tear them apart to get at the seeds inside.
The wood has been used for house supports, fence post, bows, tool handles, pinion arms, single trees, double trees and no telling how many other projects.
If the wood is burnt in a fireplace or open fire be careful because the wood will explode and sent out embers a great distance. If is not a good idea to burn it in a stove in a carpeted room because of the embers.
Osage Orange and also known as bois d'arc
The wood has been used for house supports, fence post, bows, tool handles, pinion arms, single trees, double trees and no telling how many other projects.
If the wood is burnt in a fireplace or open fire be careful because the wood will explode and sent out embers a great distance. If is not a good idea to burn it in a stove in a carpeted room because of the embers.
Osage Orange and also known as bois d'arc
Jun 16, 2020 09:10:11 #
Jun 17, 2020 20:44:08 #
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.
Sorry, Mike ! Clueless ! Have never seen any fruit or vegetable that weird in my life !
Jun 17, 2020 21:47:17 #
Big A wrote:
Sorry, Mike ! Clueless ! Have never seen any fruit or vegetable that weird in my life !
Osage orange. Or hedge apple.
Jun 18, 2020 01:09:33 #
Wv mike wrote:
Osage orange. Or hedge apple.
I'm not stupid or ignorant,
but until this particular thread,
I had neither seen nor heard of
either !
Jun 18, 2020 02:01:09 #
Big A wrote:
I'm not stupid or ignorant,
but until this particular thread,
I had neither seen nor heard of
either !
but until this particular thread,
I had neither seen nor heard of
either !
Wow BigA. Where did you grow up? They didn't have Bodark trees there? I guess I just thought they had them all over. IDK that.
Jun 18, 2020 12:30:26 #
saw1 wrote:
Wow BigA. Where did you grow up? They didn't have Bodark trees there? I guess I just thought they had them all over. IDK that.
Naw ! I'm from N.H. - I doubt they could survive for very long in that climate ! Funny, though; although
I hitch-hiked all through the eastern seaboard and have been through just about every state East of the Big Muddy but Michigan, I don't remember ever seeing one and the subject never came up !
Jun 18, 2020 13:07:11 #
Big A wrote:
Naw ! I'm from N.H. - I doubt they could survive for very long in that climate ! Funny, though; although
I hitch-hiked all through the eastern seaboard and have been through just about every state East of the Big Muddy but Michigan, I don't remember ever seeing one and the subject never came up !
I hitch-hiked all through the eastern seaboard and have been through just about every state East of the Big Muddy but Michigan, I don't remember ever seeing one and the subject never came up !
Maybe they got em in Lawrence. HEY Randy, they got bodark apple trees there where you live?
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