[Magdalen] Horticulture.

[Ann Markle]

We always called them "hedge apples" growing up in Indiana, where they were
very hardy, too. Also on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. Ugly fruit
that looks like a green brain.

On Saturday, September 3, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have Osage Oranges in our neighborhood here in the Shenandoah, and they
> are hardy as hell here (6b? although this summer was a 7 for sure!). One of
> my co-artists at the gallery makes a lovely dye from the bark. They do have
> a nasty thorn though.
>
> We have seen a rare Cedar Waxwing at our feeder. It was either on migration
> or dreadfully off course. My friend Cathy's son once shot one in Tennessee.
> He did not intend to and in fact was shooting at a squirrel and missed. He
> felt dreadful because it was so pretty.
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > It's amazing what they will pack into the little monthly, "Horticulture"
> > magazine.
> >
> > There are articles in the current issue about:
> >
> > (1) The tropical Abbey Gardens on Tresco, one of the Scilly
> > Islands off the Cornwall coast of extreme SW England.  There is
> > an immense collection of tender and often rare species.  I've
> > wanted for a long time to tour these islands which are frost
> > free secondary to being surrounded by the Gulf Stream.
> >
> > (2) The Osage Orange tree (Maclura pomifera) which in its native
> > area is found only in East Texas and adjoining Oklahoma and
> > Arkansas.  A few specimens were planted in the Eastern USA
> > where the largest individuals of the species are found on the  properties
> > of some of the plantation owners (Jefferson, Washington, Henry).
> > I have a feeling this attractive tree would not be hardy here in zone
> > 6a, but I'm going to check into it.
> >
> > (3) Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum).  I haven't had any in
> > this area of Pennsylvania, but they were commonly seen in the Upper
> > Midwest because of the great number of flowering  crabapples bearing
> > fruit there.  In their usual flock activity, they can strip a crab of
> > fruit
> > in 5 minutes.
> >
> > David S.
> >
> >
> >
>


-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu