Friday, January 3, 2020

The osage orange

 

I first reported on this in 2009.  It’s this goofy fruit we only ever see when we’re in Missouri and I can barely remember the name of it each time.

 

Nobody likes them.  They fall off the tree and clutter the ground.

 

 

 

Nothing really eats it.  It’s speculated that it co-evolved with mastadons and mammoths and lives on now for no apparent reason.

 

 

 

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