Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: Bob]
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10/16/20 10:44 PM
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What in the world is a hedgeball I always heard them called hedge apples. The fruit of the Osage orange tree, nicknamed hedge. Dennis
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: Paul D. Heppner]
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10/17/20 12:34 AM
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I pick up a few every year and scatter them around the house, especially the basement, keeps the spiders out during the winter. Sounds strange but it really works. Myth: "Hedge apples" (Osage orange fruit) or horse chestnuts can be used to repel spiders. Fact: The story that the fruit of the Osage orange tree (also called hedge apple, monkey ball, or spider ball) can repel or ward off spiders turns out to be extremely widespread in Midwestern states, where the trees are common. Details vary, but in general it seems that people put these aromatic fruits around their walls in fall to "keep spiders from coming in." Since house spiders don't actually come in from outside, of course this works just fine, but there is no evidence that spiders are repelled by Osage oranges. They live on the trees and even make webs on the fallen fruit. What's more, spiders seldom show any sign of being able to detect airborne odors! In some versions of the story, the repellent effect has been transferred from spiders to cockroaches, mosquitoes, chicken mites, or mice. Since squirrels regularly chew through these fruits to get the tasty seeds inside, a rodent repellent effect seems pretty unlikely. A recent study did find some cockroach repellency in a purified extract from the fruit – but not in the whole fruit. https://www.burkemuseum.org/collect...%20(,where%20the%20trees%20are%20common.
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: TurkeyWrangler]
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10/17/20 01:13 AM
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Hy-Vee, a regional grocery store chain based out of Iowa, usually sells them up here in Sioux Falls in the fall. I have a friend in sw MO and we've talked about in the past running a pick-up load up from his property to have me sell locally. The problem is there seems to be a time disconnect of when say Hy-Vee is selling hedge balls here and when he thinks they are ripe and able to be picked up down in sw MO. Maybe we'll figure it out for next year...
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: TurkeyWrangler]
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10/17/20 06:52 AM
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no, it is osage orange. Otherwise known as Bois D'ark.
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: TurkeyWrangler]
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10/17/20 08:15 AM
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Someone shared this on another board I'm a member of. I'm not affiliated with or have ever done business with this company, I just thought I would share this for those in the area that might be interested. My back can't even imagine picking up a ton of these things. Most people would pick them up one at a time......makes it easier on the back. Fox squirrels eat the heck out of them.
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Re: Hedge Apple Market
[Re: TurkeyWrangler]
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10/17/20 08:50 AM
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I know of three spots with Osage orange trees in the two counties near me. Each patch has only 3 or 4 trees. All three are along the edge of a field or unimproved road. I always assumed they were used for hedge rows along farm fields since that where they seem to be. I have also seen one other tree in another county. Unusual tree here. We call the fruit "Osage oranges". Tried to cut one in half with my pocket knife. The sap in the fruit is so sticky I couldn't get the glue off my knife blade. Even soap and water struggled to get it off. Turns out native Americans used it for glue.
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