[SEL] Hedge Apples

[Judge Tommy Turner]

I remember Dave Rotigel wearing a diaper at Portland a few years ago, 
and suspicion that he still does.  Couldn't we simply let Dave eat them, 
catch the seeds in his diaper and then distribute those who need them?  
Of course, the "handler", after Dave does his job, will need to be 
decked out in Hazardous Material gear. (Just curious, I'm trying to 
remember the discussion from a couple of years ago about the Osage 
Orange or Hedge Apple.  Did someone need the wood for a purpose?)

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


> I read online, with a brief Google search, that these things have been 
> propagated by feeding the fruit to cattle and collecting the recycled 
> seeds with a diaper attachment of sorts on the bovines. The digestive 
> process activates the seed for germination. Just passing along what I 
> read. It was on the Net, so it must be true!
>
> John
>
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:55 AM, Bill Brueck wrote:
>
>> While we're on these Osage Oranges, as I know them, does anybody know 
>> how to
>> get a crop going?
>>
>> I tried drying out a few seeds and planting them, nothing came up.
>>
>> So I bought some seeds from a nursery and planted them.  Same result.
>>
>> Can't be all that difficult.  Just keep trying?
>
>
>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
>
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