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

[Stefan li Rous]

  Margaret FitzWilliam replied to me with:
> 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.

Okay, this makes sense. This was years ago, up in Dallas. I don't 
remember seeing any of these in the Austin area.  I've also heard that 
Osage Orange is one of the best woods in North America for making 
wooden bows.

Stefan
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