Sunday, November 29, 2009

November Hedge Apples


November Hedge Apples

I took a hike the day after Thanksgiving on a new trail. It was a quiet and lovely place and there were (of course) hedge apples.

I came back the next day with camera to record the years progression. Most of the fruit is on the ground with a few fallen into shreds

I am particularly fond of the yellow fellow who is the last hanger on.

At the end of the day I did come home with one more beautiful fruit for one more plaster cast for 2009. I am thinking on the logistics of doing a small hedge apple tea pot.

3 comments:

  1. Cool plant! I guessed that by hedge apple you meant osage orange (we don't get them around here), which I remembered very very vaguely from my botany courses in college - the fruit of the hedge apple was presented as part of a quiz on fruit/seed types. This vague memory led to me looking them up on wiki, which has a very large and interesting article on hedge apples :) Thanks for this little botanical interlude, I need a break from what I was doing!

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  2. Little Pig, you and I share an obsession with these guys (although, I think you might have it worse). I love the bright green color. Such a beautiful, odd little fruit.

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  3. Lovely photos, they would make an amazing teapot:)

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