The tree also forms nigh impenetrable hedges, which made it a primary tool for settling the Midwest and Great Plains. The Osage orange has been the subject of national manias, presidential ...

The hedge apple, also known as Osage orange or mock orange, is the distinctive fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). These large, green, wrinkled spheres have long been a source of ...

ST. LOUIS — Along the rivers, the Osage Orange, also known as hedge apple, bois d’arc, bodark, bodock, or bow-wood, flourishes. The trees are known for their thorns and large green fruit ...

The heyday of living fences on farms lasted less than 30 years. But Osage orange trees, descendants of fence rows planted as early as the 1840s, still line country roads and fill hedge lines ...

It was the tree’s potential as a living hedge that made the Osage orange a hot commodity in the nineteenth century, and a valued export of Texas—the fruit and its seeds were gathered and sold ...

Hedge apples: Benefits and uses of the Osage orange by: Joe Millitzer Posted: Oct 14, 2024 / 02:18 PM CDT Updated: Oct 14, 2024 / 02:18 PM CDT ...