HedgeappleFruit.com - Biggest Hedgeapple Tree
The focal point of the grounds at Red Hill is the largest and oldest Osage Orange Tree in America. It has a span of ninety feet and stands fifty-four feet high.
Estimated to be 350 to 400 years old, the tree is listed in the American Forestry Hall of Fame, is a Virginia State Champion, and is a National Champion.
Named after the Osage Indians who used the wood for bows, the Osage Orange produces large, green inedible fruit, commonly called "mock oranges" or hedge apples."
Recent Guestbook Entries
I am professional woodworker and it is my opinion that Osage orange is one of the lovliest woods in creation, a wonderful golden color with a certain luminesence but oh so very hard. Now I will try the fruit and so inquire for my self wether it poseses any insect repeling properties.
- Richard
Hi, Mr. Hedgeapple; Many, many years ago (when I was a kid) I helped my family pick up hedgeapples. Besides using them in the house we fed them to the hogs. . . . they loved them. The only place I see them anymore is when we go thru Kansas on the way to Oklahoma. I have picked some up along the road when it was the right time of year. . . .
- Ann
Recent Survey Entries
Name: Paula
State: MI
Years used: one
How many used: 8-12
Obtained: HedgeappleFruit.com
Places where used: throughout the home in corners and near doors and in the basement
Pest After: spiders
Reduction Percentage:
Spiders: 100% Reduction
Cockroaches: Not Sure
Ants: Not Sure
Slugs: Not Sure
Crickets: Not Sure
Fleas: Not Sure
Date Obtained: August
Any initial activity? Not Sure
Started Working?: One Day
Duration of Effect: Six Months
How widespread: Widespread and Outsides, as well
Place them on a container? Always
General Comments: We live around trees and our back yard is constantly webbed with spiders. When I got the apples and placed them throughout the house, I stopped seeing spiders in the yard and in the house. At one point I had a spider drop down on me on the couch...I am deathly afraid of spiders, so the hedge apples have been my life saver. I recommend them to anyone! I can't wait to get me next order!!!!.
Did They Work: Yes
Name: Ginny
State: OH
Years used: 6
How many used: 30+
Obtained: Picked your own
Places where used: All around the outside, at the foundation.
Pest After: spiders
Reduction Percentage:
Spiders: 100% Reduction
Cockroaches: 100% Reduction
Ants: No Reduction
Slugs: Not Sure
Crickets: 100% Reduction
Fleas: Not Sure
Date Obtained: October
Any initial activity? Yes
Started Working?: One Week
Duration of Effect: Six Months
How widespread: Widespread, throughout the house
Place them on a container? Never
General Comments: I grew up in a "scientific" family in MD. When I married and moved to Ohio there were many"folk" remedies and practices that I was sceptical of. I gathered hedge apples and put them around the house for 2 years in a row. Then, the third year, I didn't have time to do it. WOW! I battled spiders all winter!! (We live near two creeks, which doesn't help the bug problem) I haven't gone without circling my house with hedge apples in the fall ever since. My children and grandchildre use them also. We gather them along-side country roads in the fall. .
Did They Work: Yes