Out on a Sunday stroll, Becky and I came upon a smattering of softball-sized, citrus green balls lying on a carpet of fallen foliage. They looked like something you could buy at Five Below. We were on ...

Each year in mid- to late October, the OSU Extension office fields questions about hedge apples, an oddity of nature which seem to fall from the sky in autumn. These large and heavy fruits with an odd ...

Question: I am building a hedge row and am contemplating working with Osage-orange seedlings and planting them. Is this a good choice? Answer: Osage-orange, (Maclura pomifera) aka hedge, hedge-apple, ...

Osage orange is a small to medium-sized tree or large shrub, planted across the United States for hedges, ornamental use, and shade. Originally it was found in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The name ...

While traveling through the Midwest on leaf peeping adventures, modern day explorers may find a rather nondescript tree with unique, distinct fruit. A medium-sized tree adorned with large, round, ...

On porches everywhere, holiday pumpkins rule, October through November, from jack-o’-lanterns to Thanksgiving displays, October being the other orange month. Ignore the red and green now illegally ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Along rivers, the Osage orange — also known as hedge apple, bois d’arc, bodark, bodock, or bow-wood — flourishes. The trees are known for their thorns and large green fruit, which ...

Answer: Maclura pomifera, also called Osage orange or hedge apple, is a resilient and handsome tree that thrives in zones 4 to 9 (central Virginia is primarily in zone 7). Native to Arkansas, Oklahoma ...

First, the serious stuff for you history buffs: Answering my Dec. 7 query about local World War II prisoner-of-war camps, reader Nelle Lucas remembered seeing German POWs in Salem. "We saw them often, ...