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  • From: Pego Rice <firekeeper38@yahoo.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] living fence
  • Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:39:17 -0800 (PST)

That ain't the half of it.
 
Before Barbed wire Osage Orange (aka Horse-apple, Bois D'Arc, or Bodark (Maclura pomifera) was Texas' cheif export since it was only native to E. Texas and a tiny southern smudge of Oklahoma.  Everywhere else it is found was once a homestead.  It's value as wood from a living fence that took only four or five years to grow and was described as "horse high, bull strong, and hog tight."  was doubled because of it's aggressive pruning, since the wood has the highest btu of all woods grown in the US.  (but tough to cut)  The seeds are edible to humans and stock have been known to eat the fruits but it is also an occasional chocking hazard to cattle.  As the fruits are too usefull for other things I'd simply say pick them up to use elsewhere.
 
 
 
 
Yours, Pego



  • Re: [Livingontheland] living fence, Pego Rice, 02/26/2011

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