RE: Horse...

Road Apples, Horse Apples, Mule Muffins....I grew up with all those quaint terms.  LOL
 
Jess

Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net> wrote:
I thought the term "road apple" was a Midwestern colloquialism, Jim. Of
course I don't imagine you have too many horse or cattle ranches or on the
West coast where they might use that term, David.

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of David Franzman
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:30 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Horse...

Road apples? Thats a good one. I've never heard that expression before. 
At first I had visions of a women in a wagon offering apples from her horse 
drawn cart. Road apples!

David
http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" 
To: "Garden Chat" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:10 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Horse...


> My friend Colleen just arrived with a 15-gallon pot full of road apples. 
> Fresh road apples. It was all the two of us could do to lift it out of the

> back of her truck. I'm delighted, of course. I've been pestering her for 2

> or 3 weeks for this soil amendment donation to the plantation. I think 
> I'll stabilize the surface of the pot with a bit of top soil and then 
> plant a pineapple in it tomorrow--after I get the handcart and move it to 
> the pineapple patch.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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