[SEL] Hedge Apples

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Good to know George.  I would assume that someone needed it for a 
bearing of some sort.  We have a lot of them here in central KY.  They 
grow rather large as well.  I guess our climate is right for some trees 
to get larger than they do in many parts of the country.  A couple of 
years ago I had an engine at Portland and it was on Sassafrass skids.  
They were probably 4" x 6".  I had several people ask me about them as 
they liked the grain and color of the wood.  Most all were surprised 
when I told them sassafrass as that type tree never grew more than 6 
inches or so in diameter where they lived.  Here, I can make 6 x 8 
sassafrass skids all day long.  Its a beautiful wood.

Tommy Turner

>
>  Osage Orange saplings were and are used for muzzle- loading rifle ram 
> rods and wooden bearings in farm discs as well as native americans 
> using the wood for bows.  It also burns with a very hot fire.