[SEL] Hedge Apples

[Clint D]

Here in North Texas, we call them Bois D'Ark Trees, and the apples we 
call Horse apples, or crab apples.

The wood makes excellent bows, as a lot of the Indians made their bows 
out of that tree wood.

Makes great fence posts, as some of the old farms from way back in the 
1800's around here still have some fencing left with the old Bois D' Ark 
posts

Tough stuff to burn, does a lot of popping and scattering sparkles, also 
very tough on saw blades

Clint



Judge Tommy Turner wrote:
> 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.   
>
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