You gotta know I already let him have it last night. In Amarillo we got a whole dambd forest of great big *long*(not tall) redwoods. Long cause they'r lying on the ground petrified. They'r "mighty" petrified our mighty redwoods. mesquete ? how bout them. thorny and tasty for the bbq. / cedar groves suitible for real-good fence posts. uh er anything else you wanted me to remind em ?
The mighty coconut palms of Padre Island ? (imports again)
He's right Jim, we got not-a-lotta to brag on treewise.
Remember those fake tree's in Freds ?
One of my favorite Texas trees is the bois d'arc, which natives pronounce "boh-dark." It's not much to look at--it has multiple trunks and dense, skinny branches. But once a year it drops melon-sized, chartreuse fruits all over the streets and sidewalks. These "hedge apples" (or, as my grandfather called them, "horse apples") are covered with a lumpy, vaguely reptilian hide. They're dense and inedible, and about the only good thing you can say for them is they hold their shape well as you kick them down the street.
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- bill 5-05-2001 12:12 am
One of my favorite Texas trees is the bois d'arc, which natives pronounce "boh-dark." It's not much to look at--it has multiple trunks and dense, skinny branches. But once a year it drops melon-sized, chartreuse fruits all over the streets and sidewalks. These "hedge apples" (or, as my grandfather called them, "horse apples") are covered with a lumpy, vaguely reptilian hide. They're dense and inedible, and about the only good thing you can say for them is they hold their shape well as you kick them down the street.
- Tom Moody 5-05-2001 12:29 am [add a comment]
And rolling them (we grew up calling them horse apples)out onto East Kiest Blvd. in South Oak Cliff, they were great for that.
- jimlouis 5-06-2001 5:19 am [add a comment]
Wow, you guys have all the folk names, and come by them naturally. I feel like Lomax on the prairies. My dad told me they were Osage Oranges, which turns out to be the “official” name. Thought to be native to a fairly small range in TX, AK, OK, the tree may be the best the area has to offer. Still, there is the sex issue. The species has separate male and female trees, which is no better than the way we do things. I think the national tree should have perfect flowers: male and female all in one; all trees bearing flowers and fruit. Just ask the Wheel, he knows OO.
- alex 5-06-2001 8:39 pm [add a comment]
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