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Old 09-04-2014, 06:44 PM
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AngeliaNR
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Originally Posted by ube quilting View Post
They used Osage Orange Trees to make bows and arrows. Those trees that drop the softball size, green,
knarley (sp) fruits in the fall. Wonderful trees. They are usually found growing in old hedge rows because they were used as living fences in Colonial times.
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Yes; locals call them hedge apple trees. We have used many of them to make fence posts--never straight, but they last forever.
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