Article: Osage orange made its name as bow wood.(Wood of the Month)

Maclura aurantiaca = Osage orange, or ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     260 words ...

Article: The Versatile Osage-Orange.
American Forests;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... sent back east from St. Louis was the osage-orange (Maclura pomifera). Native to a relatively ... the best wood for archer's bows, osage-orange was valued as a natural hedgerow fence ... wood of the bow), and bowwood, the osage-orange's name comes from the Osage Indian ...

Article: The ornery Osage orange. (tree profile)
American Forests;  November 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Only two things about Osage-orange trees are straight-their thorns ... of humanity's long use of the Osage-orange, seem pretty tame. But the trees ... hard to find. I know. My own Osage-orange education began long ago. When ...

Article: Osage orange trees tell tales of local ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 8, 2002 ;     656 words ... ... unlikely predecessor to barbed wire was the Osage orange tree. Commonly known as "hedge apples," Osage orange trees were once planted as fences or ... burnt orange color. The fruit of the Osage orange stands out vividly in an autumn tree ...

Article: Osage orange: Seldom used, golden wood
FDM;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) is named after ... States. It is most commonly known as Osage orange, but other names include hedge, hedge ... suggestions and characteristics Density. Osage orange averages about 50 pounds per cubic foot ...

Article: Osage orange trees are resilient
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Dear Martha: I'd like to plant some Osage orange trees. Can you tell me about them? Answer: Maclura pomifera, also called Osage orange or hedge apple, is a resilient and ... very acid soil. At this time of year, Osage orange trees are in full fruit, their stout ...

Article: Osage Orange
Dictionary of American History;      390 words ...OSAGE ORANGE OSAGE ORANGE ( Maclura pomifera ) is a relatively small, unusually twisted ... to colloquially as "bodarc" or "bodock." The range of the Osage orange expanded dramatically between 1840 and 1880 when, before the development ...