Horseapples (was Re: [Sca-cooks] verjuice)

[Speaker To Idiots]

Actually, there are different varieties of crabapples, and some are indeed 
around golf-ball sized.

And the green lumpy things are the fruit of the Osage orange tree, and no, 
they are not edible. Neither do they repel insects, but the heartwood is a 
pretty effective dye.

Margaret FitzWilliam


On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Radei Drchevich wrote:

> Right, but you have them way to big.  Crabapples are about the size of a
> cherry. and slightly bitter. not pleasent eating without sweetening.
>
> And I know Horseapples.  they grow while all over oklahoma.  Had never
> seen them till I moved here, they do not grow in Colorado.  I am told
> they will repell insects, but as far as anyone I have talked with knows,
> they are not edible.
>
> thanx
>
> joy
>
> radei
>