Shown on the cover of the  October's issue of Better Homes and Gardens, these decorative fruits bring the just right green chartreuse to the orange, yellow and brown of fall designs.

Hedge Apples are the fruit of the Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) tree.  The tree was originally planted to create a fence row before barbed wire was invented.  The fruit is believed to keep spiders out of the house. 

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