I do not know where you get your information about pest repellant.  but I
was told they do by the Medicine men of Osage, Cheyenne, Omaha, and
Apache.  All people I know well, and believe they are well versed in
thier fields.

joy

radei

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Stefan li Rous"
  To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks"
  Subject: Horseapples (was Re: [Sca-cooks] verjuice)
  Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:38:12 -0500

  >
  > 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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