Strength. Osage orange is exceptionally hard and strong. The bending strength (MOR) is over 20,000 psi (50 percent more than red oak). Hardness is around 2000 pounds (100 percent more than red oak).

The extremely high strength of this wood led to its use for archery bows (in the 19th century, a well-made Osage-orange bow was worth “a horse and a blanket”), and for wheel rims and axle hubs ...

The strength and flexibility of Osage-orange wood makes it well-suited for bows. At the time of European contact, the bows made in the Red River Valley were superior to all others.

Hedge (a.k.a. Osage orange, a.k.a. Bodark, a.k.a. horseapple) is a thorny problem, but also a remarkable resource, if you have the means to use it.

The yellow-orange fresh wood color gradually ages to a deep reddish brown. Osage-orange may have had more favorable treatment as a wood for many uses were it not for the tendency of the tree to fork, ...

Osage orange wood was most commonly used in that era for regular fence posts and building materials and continued as the material of choice for fencing until barbed wire came along about 1880.

Like its wood, Osage orange is an extremely tough tree capable of surviving a wide range of environmental conditions and can be long-lived. According to the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage ...

However, hedge apple is just one name for these trees. They are also known as horse apple, bois d’arc, monkey ball, monkey brains, yellow-wood, mock orange and Osage orange.

The featured wood in this lottery comes from the old and massive Osage-Orange Tree which uprooted on the Hamilton County Courthouse lawn last fall. Small souvenir-sized pieces of branches from ...

Some historians say the Osage also made a yellow dye from its orange wood and roots that they used on their leather goods. If the trees aren’t native to Alabama, they must have arrived here early.

However, souvenir-sized pieces of branches from the Osage orange will be given away on a first come, first-served basis. Those wanting them should be there at 9 and won't need to be in the lottery.

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 ...