you know..at 52 I didn’t know what an Osage Orange was till the other day
I live on the Franklin TN battlefield ...and they always mention an Osage Orange grove on the Southern right flank and Union left to the east by Lewisburg Pike and the GMO railroad where General Adams made his heroic but fatal leap over the Union battlements on Old Charley..both killed along with 1000s of others mostly butternut but some blue...all in valor.
I’m being descriptive in case any buffs read the thread...but I went a few days ago looking around for a grove of Osage Orange and all I found were horse apples but did not know I was in the right place..lol
Life and learn....!!
My father was born in Paris, TN...I've never been there. His father was a bridge builder..of some regard there. At least that is what I've been told. Never met my father's parents...
You will have to explain the "butternut but some blue" comment...I don't understand that.
Yeah, the Bois D'Arc tree is known by many names....."Horse Apple" being one..!! Ha!!
Used to be around here...they planted them in rows for fencing. Made one heck of a hedgerow...tightly spaced.
And also make great fence posts, turning wood, fire wood, and wood for bowyers.
FRegards,