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osage orange

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brian:
I already have a lot of pawpaw seedlings, have been thinking of buying a grafted cultivar and grafting cuttings from it onto my seedlings.

Osage orange wood is interesting, and the fruit is good for throwing at least :-p

Sounds like it has a ton of huge thorns though

SeaWalnut:
Osage orange wood is beautifull and tough.Its yellow but doesnt keep that color and turns brown over time.
Native indians used to make bows from it.

Triloba Tracker:
Yes it has large razor sharp thorns. But they have long internode spacing so they can be avoided.

Pokeweed:
It's also called bois d' arc. Bow wood. Pronounced bodark down here. At one time insurance companies required houses they covered to be built on stumps or pilings of that wood because it is pretty much impervious to insects. If course, my house built 120 yrs ago was set on oak stumps instead. Termite highway!
From what I have read if you have che grafted onto this you only want female trees. If males are present the fruit will be seedy. D

brian:
Ah yes I had read about the bow-wood aspect... I found a few logs of it but nothing long enough or I'd try making a stick bow out of it

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