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

[Mike C. Baker / Kihe Blackeagle]

WAAAYYYY behind, but I'm gaining...

My direct personal experience is that sections of the fruit of the Bois 
d'Arc tree, AKA Osage Orange, are indeed an effective *addition* to 
anti-insect measures -- at least here in the DFW area.

The "trick", as it were, is to section them while still relatively fresh and 
set a section in each windowsill or other potential insect entryway. 
Preferably, make the distribution such that the insect would be required to 
pass over the section of the seed carrier to enter.

This, in combination with a good "bombing" on the front end of the 
occupation, some judicious application of diatomaceous earth, and regular 
attention to the crawl space (with the type of fogger that is activated by 
water) rendered a thoroughly infested domicile relatively roach free for 
nearly three years.  (I had to relocate, but had just super-saturated the 
external perimeter with a macerated "soup" of Osage Orange fruits about 4 
months before vacating -- and we saw maybe three waterbugs [very large roach 
relatives] cross that line afterward, and they *may* have flown in or 
entered via the attic...)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Speaker To Idiots" <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:59 PM
Subject: Horseapples (was Re: [Sca-cooks] verjuice)


> 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