The Southern Planter says, regarding this plant for live fences, which should be extensively cultivated :—" Beyond all question, we think that the 'osage orange ' is better suited for hedges in ...

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera ... and Arkansas. “Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote poet Robert Frost. But what, exactly, makes a good fence? If you’ve ever had the dubious pleasure ...

with farmers planting Osage orange hedgerows to contain livestock before the advent of barbed wire. Its rot-resistant wood also found use in fence posts, tool handles, and even as part of Franklin D.

While their thorns and fast growth habit have made Osage-orange trees popular options for living fences in the past, their aggressiveness and tendency to sucker and spread make other options far ...