Horseapples (was Re: [Sca-cooks] verjuice)
Speaker To Idiots
pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com
Sat Jun 18 19:59:01 PDT 2005
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
>
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