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Offline mcginnis6010

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never seen this wood before any clues?
« on: October 14, 2012, 04:24:17 pm »
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 04:26:15 pm »
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Offline Pat B

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 04:45:26 pm »
What does the rest of the tree look like? will you post pics of leaves and the overall tree?
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Offline Josh B

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 05:54:22 pm »
It looks like a granddaddy Osage orange to me.  Beautiful rings on it too!  Josh
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 06:09:10 pm »
Sadly this tree is no more since it was blown down by that wind storm awhile ago.but what I can tell from the dead leaves still attached to some twigs it was a very broad leafed tree.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2012, 06:26:35 pm »
Any thorns on the twigs?
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Offline TRACY

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2012, 06:56:13 pm »
Osage!




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Offline seabass

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2012, 10:53:46 pm »
sure looks like osage to me,but i am no expert.
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2012, 11:32:44 pm »
yes it was thorny and if it osage then its pretty rare to find it around here i been looking hard for the large green fruit it produces and asking around and no one has ever seen one around here so i guess i just got lucky!
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2012, 12:16:26 am »
Sure looks like osage to me.  Not every tree produces fruit.
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2012, 01:56:41 am »
I'm pretty sure there are male and female trees with only the females dropping fruit.  I saw a big female osage in a front yard yesterday with more fruit on the ground than I'd ever seen under a single tree.  They were hauling off wheel barrel loads of the hedge apples and you could barely see the grass under the entire tree, probably a 50' diameter circle.  I wondered if I couldn't have gotten permission to cut that one out if I'd asked right then?  Anyway, that tree you have looks awesome, real thin sapwood and thick rings.  Should make good bows.

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Offline chamookman

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Re: never seen this wood before any clues?
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2012, 08:00:43 pm »
I have to agree with everybody - Osage.
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