Anybody familiar with the process of seeds for planting? Success rate?

Hedge apples is what they call them around here supposed to put them around the outside of your house to keep bugs out of your house.i have no idea if it works or not I know alot of people used to come to my grandfather's farm and get them every fall back in the 60 and 70s.

The use of hedge apples for insect control is one of the most enduring pest management home remedies (and myths!). Placement of hedge apples around the foundation or inside the basement is claimed to provide relief from cockroaches, spiders, boxelder bugs, crickets, and other pests.

The use of hedge apples as a pest solution is communicated as a folk tale complete with testimonials about apparent success. However, there is an absence of scientific research and therefore no valid evidence to confirm the claims of effectiveness. Research conducted at Iowa State University has demonstrated that chemicals extracted from the fruit can be repellant to tested insects (German cockroaches, mosquitoes, and houseflies). In addition, sliced hedge apples placed in enclosed, small spaces did repel insects. However, there is still no evidence that putting whole fruit around the house or in the basement will have any effect on insect pests. In large or open spaces there is so much air movement that whatever small amount of repellant chemical may be present will quickly dissipate. In addition, the chemicals may not be repellant to all insects or to non-insects like spiders, millipedes, and centipedes. It is not recommended to use hedge apples for pest control.

Back before barbed wire was a thing - early 1800’s - they used to mill the fruits to extract the seeds and sell the seeds in the mid west to grow fences. $80 a bushel for seeds. The invention of barbed wire killed that business.