[SEL] Hedge Apples

[mullt at att.net]

Yes, and of course, you can make sassafras tea from the roots. I haven't had sassafras tea since I was a kid.

BTW, I have heard that hedge apples are good for keeping bugs out of your basement. I don't know how true that is.

Tom in St. Louis
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From: Judge Tommy Turner <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
> 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 sassafras as that type tree never grew more than 6 
> inches or so in diameter where they lived.  Here, I can make 6 x 8 
> sassafras 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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