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Anyone care for a "orange" ?
- Thread starter Dan-MO
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Lil Brother
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we didnt have those kind of trees around here to the best of my knowledge, but like you, all of us younguns had lots of time with our shotguns. I still have the first 20 gauge single shot that I ever owned and it has a glue joint where Daddy glued the stock back on.(I was too short-armed to reach the trigger.) I had it re-blued a few years back, but need a trigger guard for it. I plan on giving it to my oldest grandson soon.
Thanks for another good one.
Lil Brother
Thanks for another good one.
Lil Brother
but it might have been in a Louis L'Amour book or something. I don't remember ever seeing one of them. I might have because it seems I have seen those big green balls hanging on a tree somewhere. Maybe it was when I was stationed in Jacksonville or Memphis or North Carolina. I can not remember.
It is amazing what will trigger a memory. Thanks
Now I have to Google Osage Orangs
It is amazing what will trigger a memory. Thanks
Now I have to Google Osage Orangs
interesting story by the way.in texas the osage orange is called a "bois d' arc ",it's pronounced "bo dark",i believe that at one time they only grew in areas of texas,southeastern oklahoma,parts of arkansas,and louisiana.
as settlers reached these areas,they took the fruit of the trees and sent the seeds back to where they were from and people planted them as fence rows,and that may be why their referred to as 'hedge apples".we call the fruit horse apples here.
in some towns in texas during the 19th century,you couldn't get a home insured unless it was built on bois d' arc stumps.they sure make a mess in town,i remember when the apples got ripe the would drop on the sidewalks,and at night walking home from town you would step on the gooshy things
as settlers reached these areas,they took the fruit of the trees and sent the seeds back to where they were from and people planted them as fence rows,and that may be why their referred to as 'hedge apples".we call the fruit horse apples here.
in some towns in texas during the 19th century,you couldn't get a home insured unless it was built on bois d' arc stumps.they sure make a mess in town,i remember when the apples got ripe the would drop on the sidewalks,and at night walking home from town you would step on the gooshy things
Wayne in BC
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i had head or read of them, but i assumed they were very small.
The real point is that anything that was part of the cycle of our lives can be a great memory. Thanks Dan!
Wayne
The real point is that anything that was part of the cycle of our lives can be a great memory. Thanks Dan!
Wayne
Rob/Windsor Ont.
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That's one of the great things about this forum. When you're not sharing a common memory, you're learning about something that is new to the reader. And, it's always told in a way that makes it easy to put yourself where the writer was. You are especially good at it. Thanks for the new info (for me at least) and great story !
Rob/Windsor Ont.
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n/t