[Magdalen] Horticulture.

[Jay Weigel]

I think the fruit smells kind of good though. The neighbor calls them "wild
lemons". He is a grumpy soul but I like him.

On Sunday, September 4, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ugly and inedible for humans.  However, the wood apparently was highly
> prized by the Native Americans for bows and was also used for furniture.
>
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > 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
> <javascript:;>> 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:;> <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 <javascript:;>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>