[pbs] Way off topic - Hedge apple name ?

James Frelichowski butterflyamaryllis at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 17 07:34:15 EDT 2008


They are cool trees.  When I was at Illinois State there was a giant tree just south of campus.  In my home town there was a Greek couple that would cross the street to an abandoned farm to pick the fruits every fall.
Does anyone know if they grow in Texas (College Station area)?
 


--- On Fri, 10/17/08, jonathanhutchinson at rhs.org.uk <jonathanhutchinson at rhs.org.uk> wrote:

From: jonathanhutchinson at rhs.org.uk <jonathanhutchinson at rhs.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Way off topic - Hedge apple name ?
To: pbs at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 2:03 AM

Maclura pomifera is its botanical name and is a member of the Moraceae -Mulberry
family 

-----Original Message-----
From: pbs-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On
Behalf Of James Waddick
Sent: 17 October 2008 05:30
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Way off topic - Hedge apple name ?

>I wonder where the name Osage Orange came from.  I think the
"Osage"
>would be from the Native America tribe of the same name and possibly the
>'Orange" from the similarity to leaves of the Citrus family.

Dear Arnold,
	I think its original distribution was sort of similar to that 
of the Osage Indian nation. the fruit sort of looks like a lumpy 
orange or grapefruit -even more like an Ugli Fruit and it smells 
faintly (!) citrusy.

	The foliage is more mulberry looking.		Best	Jim
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