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Re: TT: osage orange
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I have never been fond of "thornless" cultivars! Those thorns must have
developed for a reason... In some trees, like the Washington Hawthrone,
they provide protection for birds, who are able to scoot in unscathed.
-=G=-
On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Ron Neely wrote:
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> While on the subject of Osage orange, has anybody out there seen or
> grown any of the new "thornless" cultivars? One of my favorite mail
> order suppliers (Arborvillage in Holt, Missouri) offers one which was
> apparently developed in Oklahoma. I've got a spot on my hillside where
> the "soil" consists of chert with a little red clay mixed in and I was
> thinking that Pomifera maclura might be an ideal candidate.
>
> Ron Neely
> University of Missouri - Columbia
> ccron@cc.missouri.edu
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