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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 20, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Lynda wrote:

> Me thinks folks meant road apples <g>
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
> > let's see. Horse Apples are odd green things that grow on a  thorn-
> > filled odd looking tree, and are supposed to keep something bad out  
> > of
> > your cellar if you put the horse apple in there.  mice, maybe.

Osage orange fruits. Theoretically keep spiders out of bedrooms and  
such. Not true.

Hedge apples or hedge balls. Texans call them horse apples.