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<blockquote data-quote="Campground Cattle" data-source="post: 32549" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Crab apple trees actually bear fruit and are used for making jellies and jams. They commonly grow east of the Trinty river in East Texas</p><p>is any of a wide variety of small trees that bear apples less than 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter. About 25 species of crab apple trees grow wild in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of them originated in Asia. About 7 species are native to North America. In addition, hundreds of cultivars (cultivated varieties) of crab apple trees have been produced. Most of these cultivars are grown for use as landscape trees, especially in urban areas. Some are raised for their edible fruits, which are mostly used for making jellies.</p><p><a href="http://www.trees-online.com/types_of_trees/mayhaw.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.trees-online.com/types_of_trees/mayhaw.shtml</a></p><p></p><p>From several points of view the Osage Orange is a tree</p><p>of extraordinary interest.The historian will tell you that</p><p>long before the settlement of America by the whites,the</p><p>Indians used the wood for war-clubs and bows, a custom</p><p>that gave rise to one of its common names "Bow-</p><p>Wood"and that its other common name is due to the fact</p><p>that it was introduced into cultivation among the earliest</p><p>settlers in St.Louis by specimens procured from the Osage</p><p>Indians.Also during the developement of the great prairie</p><p>region beyond the Mississippi the species served an</p><p>important purpose as a hedge plant,thousands of farmers</p><p>utilizing it for fencing their fields.The new growth hedge</p><p>was interwoven to make a tight fence.</p><p> </p><p>Although the introduction of barbed wire greatly</p><p>reduced the importance of these hedge fences.These</p><p>remaining Hedge Rows now are an excellent source for</p><p>Hedge Posts.</p><p> </p><p>Osage Orange is of interest from root to fruit.The bark</p><p>of the roots is of a bright orange color and furnishes a</p><p>yellow dye;the ridged and scaly bark of the trunk furnishes</p><p>tannin for making leather;the branches have attractive</p><p>leaves with thorns at their bases;the pollen-bearing and</p><p>seed-bearing flowers are borne upon seperate trees.</p><p> </p><p>These round heads mature into one of the strangest</p><p>fruits known to science:the so-called "Hedgeapple" is a</p><p>greenish compound fruit made up of a large number of</p><p>seed-bearing fruits grown together on their edges.</p><p> </p><p>The Osage Orange can be propagated very easily and</p><p>makes good hedges and also a bushy tree that when loaded</p><p>with fruit attracts much attention.The wood is also</p><p>relatively immune from insect and fungis attack.</p><p> </p><p>The Osage Orange has been recorded to heights of over</p><p>60 feet and trunk diameters of 4 to 7 feet.</p><p> </p><p>Texas,Oklahoma,and Arkansas are its sites of original</p><p>growth...........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Campground Cattle, post: 32549, member: 195"] Crab apple trees actually bear fruit and are used for making jellies and jams. They commonly grow east of the Trinty river in East Texas is any of a wide variety of small trees that bear apples less than 2 inches (5 centimeters) in diameter. About 25 species of crab apple trees grow wild in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of them originated in Asia. About 7 species are native to North America. In addition, hundreds of cultivars (cultivated varieties) of crab apple trees have been produced. Most of these cultivars are grown for use as landscape trees, especially in urban areas. Some are raised for their edible fruits, which are mostly used for making jellies. [url=http://www.trees-online.com/types_of_trees/mayhaw.shtml]http://www.trees-online.com/types_of_trees/mayhaw.shtml[/url] From several points of view the Osage Orange is a tree of extraordinary interest.The historian will tell you that long before the settlement of America by the whites,the Indians used the wood for war-clubs and bows, a custom that gave rise to one of its common names "Bow- Wood"and that its other common name is due to the fact that it was introduced into cultivation among the earliest settlers in St.Louis by specimens procured from the Osage Indians.Also during the developement of the great prairie region beyond the Mississippi the species served an important purpose as a hedge plant,thousands of farmers utilizing it for fencing their fields.The new growth hedge was interwoven to make a tight fence. Although the introduction of barbed wire greatly reduced the importance of these hedge fences.These remaining Hedge Rows now are an excellent source for Hedge Posts. Osage Orange is of interest from root to fruit.The bark of the roots is of a bright orange color and furnishes a yellow dye;the ridged and scaly bark of the trunk furnishes tannin for making leather;the branches have attractive leaves with thorns at their bases;the pollen-bearing and seed-bearing flowers are borne upon seperate trees. These round heads mature into one of the strangest fruits known to science:the so-called "Hedgeapple" is a greenish compound fruit made up of a large number of seed-bearing fruits grown together on their edges. The Osage Orange can be propagated very easily and makes good hedges and also a bushy tree that when loaded with fruit attracts much attention.The wood is also relatively immune from insect and fungis attack. The Osage Orange has been recorded to heights of over 60 feet and trunk diameters of 4 to 7 feet. Texas,Oklahoma,and Arkansas are its sites of original growth........... [/QUOTE]
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