Bowdock

[dugit]

Walked by a nice bowdock tree on my way to creek walk.

 

[rmptr]

Dugit, you have stumped me!

What is "bowdock"?

rmptr

 

[dugit]

It's a tree that the Native Americans used to make there bows. The wood of the bowdock tree is very hard.
It's where horse apples grow.

 

[rmptr]

OK, dugit, thanks!

Now about those horse apples...
Do horses eat 'em, or are they like cow pies?
and I heard of crab apples, too.

rmptr

 

[PBK]

Down in Arkansas, we called 'em bodark or horse apple trees. In other places, they're known as osage orange trees.
The real name is bois d'arc, which is French for "wood of the arc" or "wood of the bow."
Old-timers used the wood for fence posts.

More info:

http://www.dallashistory.org/cgi-bin/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=4215

 

[gilmerman]

Thanks, I learned something without being in the class room.

 

[kdismuke1]

THANKS FOR THE INFO.