I did a little googling and found the fruits of the Osage orange are also known as "hedge apples." This little bit of information jogged my memory. A fellow blogger once wrote about "hedge apples" so I went back and looked it up on her blog and there they were! Evidently they smell much better than black walnuts...
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this was a great post for the letter O
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they are named for the Osage Native Americans.. see how PC I can get..that does stand for Politically Correct right?
ReplyDeleteI have never sniffed one..
I have heard some people use osage oranges to deter spiders and box elder beetles. I have no idea if they really do though.
ReplyDeleteJudi, you are good. :)
ReplyDeleteI suppose one is named for the other no matter which way it goes.
Oh yeah, we have hedge apples here...but I've never heard them called osage oranges!
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have orange hedge Osage apples around here...
ReplyDeletetalk about mixing apples and oranges!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
BEautiful painting! Worth a possible trip!
ReplyDeleteOne of my former cleaning customers used to put them in a bowl to decorate in the fall.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of that too. :)
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