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What Are Hedge Apples Good For?

September 25, 2019

I was told these could be used daily to treat COPD. Can this be possible or is this something to avoid? I am just looking for a cure.


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May 28, 2019

I was told that hedge apples were good to use for cancer of the liver. Can people eat them?


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November 29, 2017

This is a page about whether you can eat hedge apples. Hedge apples are generally not considered edible. The juice inside the fruit and stem is a skin irritant. They do however make an interesting addition to home decor.

October 8, 2017

What is a hedge apple good for?


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Here are some facts about the Hedge Apple tree:

  1. Most people call the yellow-green fruit Hedge Apples. The fruit is produced by the Osage-Orange.
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  3. The trees are native to Eastern Texas, southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma.
  4. The trees are easy to transplant and do well in poor soil conditions.
  5. It is used as a barrier for livestock and many people plant the Hedge Apple instead of using barbwire.
  6. The wood of the tree is very hard and is used to make fence posts, bows, furniture and wood nails.
  7. The fruit of the tree is dangerous and can become a dangerous weapon if eaten by small children. Many families won't plant this around their home if they have young children. The children try to eat the apples and they are harmful and dangerous.
  8. You can use the Hedge Apple tree around the foundation of your home as a pest control for cockroaches, spiders, crickets and other bugs that enter your home.
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  10. The tree isn't suitable to use for landscaping because of the large green fruit and sticker or thorns on the tree. Many states such as southern Iowa are starting to band the trees in these areas.
  11. The milky juice present in the stems of the plant can cause skin irritation.
  12. People suspect the fruit is poisonous to livestock, but it hasn't been proven yet.

Basically the tree is only good for planting around your home if you have a lot of insects that enter your home. I personally wouldn't plant this tree in my yard or close to my home because of the throns, milky sap, skin irritations, and a possibility of a small child eating this fruit on the tree.

 
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September 12, 2016

I know I read that hedge apples last 2 to 3 mo., how can you make them last all year?


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June 27, 2016

Can you freeze hedge apples to use at a later date?


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May 4, 2016

This is a page about using hedge apples to repel spiders. Hedge apples have a long standing reputation as a spider repellent.

Whole and sliced Hedge Apples (Maclura pomifera) also known as Osage Oranges against a white background

October 27, 2013

I want to put hedge apples in my basement to repel rodents, spiders, and other pests, but I don't know how many to place down there. Do I put them in groups or singly scatter? Do I need 5 or 50? We have a basement that is around 1000 square ft.

By ERK from eastern IA

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September 30, 20151 found this helpful
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I cut up squares of pantyhose-they don't have to be big and cut the hedge apple in about an inch pieces, gather corner to corner and tie in knots. Place where you know spiders are, like behind doors, corners, out of reach of children and pets. They really work!

 
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October 18, 2013

Do you cut the hedge apples in half before placing them around your house for pest control or leave them whole?

By Glenda from KS

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October 20, 20130 found this helpful
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You use them whole, but think long and hard before you do this! I did this as I don't like spiders and thought this method would be great as it doesn't involve chemicals.

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Well, what ended up happening was a ton of gnats came to visit, drawn to the hedge apples. :-( I won't do this again.

 
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July 4, 2013

Is a crab apple the same thing as a hedge apple? I noticed in one of the comments someone mentioned crab apple. As a youngster in south Mississippi I remember crab apples. I want to remember that kids ate them, but I may be remembering wrong.

By Betty

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November 3, 20131 found this helpful

They are not the same. Crab apples literally look like tiny apples on a tree. The hedge apples are big and greenish in color.

 
October 18, 20160 found this helpful

Crab apples are NOT the same. I make jelly from crab apples every year. Yes, it does require a lot of sugar. Its the only jelly my grandson will eat.

 
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August 10, 2010

When collecting the hedge apples to use for cancer treatment, can you collect them from the tree or do you need to let them fall off first?

By Alharston from Scottsville, KY

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Hedgeapples are not poisonous. However, Hedge apples have suffocated livestock by lodging in their esophagus. Very often a Hedge apple is incorrectly referred to as a Hedge Ball, Horse Apple, Green Brains, Monkey Balls or Mock Orange.

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They are used in households to repel spiders. Each Hedge apple lasts about 2-3 months for this.

I do not know of any cancer use and in doing research did not come across any reference to that use.

Human consumption is not recommended and the contact with skin could bring various issues from itching, etc

 
August 23, 20106 found this helpful
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We wait until they hit the ground. The thorns of the tree make it hard to actually pick them. They usually begin falling off in mid-September. We have two people we know of that have successfully used this for cancer treatment. The Amish suggested it first to a man with lymphoma. Another woman in Cartersville, GA has been told by her doctors that it is a miracle.

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The doctors, of course, can't condone the use of a natural treatment because they might be held responsible if it doesn't work.

There are several pages on the Internet about the use of hedge apples for treating cancer.

 
August 28, 20104 found this helpful
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I became very interested in this topic because we had a patient that was eating the hedge apple because of what he heard from the Amish. He is now bleeding throughout his lungs and may not live. He did not tell anyone that he was using the hedge apple but it has messed up his clotting cascade and may not live. Feel it is very important for anyone to tell their doctor or family they are using it, in the event some problem arises. Please be careful.

 
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August 10, 2010

Does anyone have any ideas for Hedge Apples?

 
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April 13, 2009

There are no chemicals involved so I guess it's a green tip. If you have a problem with roaches, ants, mice, or other pests inside the house, gather some crab apples and place them around your basement, crawl space, and foundation of your house.

 
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October 13, 2008
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