Re: OT: Bois d'Arc
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Bois d'Arc
- From: B* S*
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 08:49:33 -0400
>Anner in Virginia, where they call Maclura pomifera the Osage Orange rather
>than Bow Wood, and a fine wierd prickly thing it is, bearing even finer wierd
>fruits that are knobby, green and fragrant when fresh, and enchantingly
>loathesome when rotten.
Not far from here at Red Hill Plantation, P. Henry's old place (he's buried
there), stands a world-record Osage Orange, a magnificent spreading
specimen that has spent its entire 250 or so years in the open. It would
appear to be male; I've never seen any fruit on it.
There seems not to be any way of separating the male and female trees
before they flower. Then, the male trees produce flowers in long racemes,
while the female flowers appear in compact heads, followed by the strange
fruits.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@mail.hsc.edu>
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