Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits. The Latin name comes from William Maclura, an American geologist ...

Sponsored by: Northwest Hardwoods: Lumber that’s Graded For Yield®. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits.

“Monkey brains!” the kids exclaimed as we reached the old dirt road. I was leading an outdoor school program, and it took me a moment to realize the students were referring to the big, lumpy fruit ...

If you take a walk in the forest around Halloween, you might just come across a bunch of what appears to be softball-sized green brains laying all over the ground. If you look up, you may still see ...

Over the years I’ve heard many gardeners, local farmers and landscapers say that the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) is a useless, thorny, gangly tree. I agree that the tree is thorny, somewhat gangly ...

The Chattanooga Department of Public Works will conduct a wood lottery on Thursday, at 10 a.m. This event will take place on Moccasin Bend at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. The entrance to the wood ...

Pieces from a landmark 150-year-old Osage orange tree will be the featured pieces for giveaway in a lottery next week. The tree fell last fall at the Hamilton County Courthouse. The Chattanooga ...

Osage oranges look like a cross between a neon green brain and a baseball. The fruit is hardy enough to survive fall frosts when they’re grown in container gardens and used in floral arrangements.

The best-known tree on the lawn of the Hamilton County Courthouse was felled by a storm overnight. A very large osage orange tree on the south lawn was toppled. The tree, which stood near the statue ...

While traveling through the Midwest on leaf peeping adventures, modern day explorers may find a rather nondescript tree with unique, distinct fruit. A medium-sized tree adorned with large, round, ...

The Chattanooga Department of Public Works on March 28 will conduct a lottery for wood with the featured pieces being from the 150-year-old Osage orange tree that fell at the Hamilton County ...