Name This Tree Fruit!

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I'm very excited to have some of these, now I just need to pick a spot to grow them.

Anyone else know what these are
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Do you have some?


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Huh. Nope think I'm too far north for those! What do you do with them?
 
Osage orange, horse apples, hedge apples, bois d'arc, and bodark are some of its names.

The wood is absolutely beautiful to make things out of it. My husband made me a cane with the wood.

When I lived in Indiana, we had a dozen of these trees in our front yard. I loved the trees because of their unique shapes. They were tall, twisted, and great shade trees.

Beware of the thorns. They are positively wicked. If you stepped on one, it HURT. I know...did it several times a year. :)

Every year, I would put the fruit into a BIG pile in the woods. Squirrels and deer will eat the fruit. I don't know of any 'good' use for the fruit.

There are those who swear that if you put the fruit in your basement, it will keep spiders away.
 
Huh, learn something new every day! My husband had no idea what it was either. I'm 4b/5a too, supposedly. Pretty sure more 4 in reality.

No thanks on the thorns, lol sounds awful!
 
Oh that sucks!

We haven't disused yet where we want to grow them, probably along some fencing or as part of our wind breaks.
 
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