The osage orange tree by, william stafford an book report. Plant search osage orange osage orange maclura pomifera about osage orange. This story had an interesting plot and ended in an unexpected but fascinating way. It is not an actual citrus tree and over the years acquired nicknames such as hedge apple and bodark, the latter being a french slang term that refers to the native americans using the wood in. The osage orange tree by, william stafford an book. Named for the osage tribe, of missouri, where its dense wood was used for their bows, the tree was actually native to texas, oklahoma, and arkansas.
The osage orange tree by william stafford tells the story of a final year high school student who is on his first day of school in a new town, and he notices a girl in a blue dress who is not mixing with other groups, just like him. Osageorange wood is hard, durable, and resistant to decay. Osage orange the wood database lumber identification. Traveling through the dark, which received the 1963 national book award. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the osage orange tree a story by william stafford, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. It is not a particularly large tree, and thought by most people to be a nuisance. Jul 18, 2016 i show the tree and tips to identify the tree. Although they never made any contact at school they still saw each other every night at the tree. Osage oranges take a bough history smithsonian magazine. Osage orange has also had proteolytic enzymes recently discovered in its fruit. The orange osage tree is published with illustrations by oregon artist dennis cunningham. A historical living fence posted on september 16, 2015 by scott vogt it is so common around this part of the country that we take it for granted, but the osage orange maclura pomifera is a very special tree, valuable to both farmer and wildlife, and integral to the agricultural history of kansas. The tree who walked through time a tree identification story is now available as an ibook for iphoneipad. Sep 21, 2017 the osage orange is a deciduous tree whose qualities actually helped it expand from its original form.
Get this comprehensive book to all common wildflowers and weedy plants in the state. Its usage as a large hedge tree in a row planting and the softballsized fruits of female trees give it the alternative common name of hedge apple. Use this reference book to learn our woody plants like trees and shrubs. In the fall, osage orange trees hang heavy with bright green, bumpy spheres the size of softballs, full of seeds and an unpalatable milky latex. He and evangeline, both shy, never find the courage to speak to each other in high school. Hes an interesting person, but this is a tree blog, not a history blog, so youll have to read more about him elsewhere if you are interested. Osage orange is a densely branched, shorttrunked, thorny tree. The plant is often trained as a hedge or planted as a windbreak. Read this article for information about osage orange trees. Sep 20, 2012 explore cherrylveras board osage orange tree, followed by 444 people. The osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william stafford.
Consider the fruit of the osage orange, named after the osage indians associated with its range. What is the theme of the osage orange tree by william stafford. A story by william stafford william stafford, dennis cunningham, naomi shihab nye on. Whether it is known locally as osage orange, mock orange, osage apple, hedge, hedge apple, naranjo chino, bois darc, bodark or bow wood, it is the same. The osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by belo. Few records exist about the extent of osage orange hedge plantings in missouri. The osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william stafford, is about young love. Its fruit are wrinkled green balls the size of grapefruit and its yellow wood is strong and flexible. Jan 01, 2014 the osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the great depression. In nearby kansas, however, between 1865 and 1939, nearly 40,000 miles of osage orange hedgerows were planted by private landowners. Osageorange provides shelter and cover for wildlife. The osage orange became popular in the east after the lewis and clark expedition of 18031806. Osage orange maclura pomifera mulberry family moraceae description. Osage orange, thorny tree or shrub native to the southcentral united states, the only species of its genus in the family moraceae.
It bears weirdloooking, softballsized, chartreuse, brainlike fruits, which often lie beneath the tree in abundance in autumn. Get an answer for what is the theme of the osage orange tree by william stafford. Osage orange is a pioneering species forever invading exposed mineral soils, particularly over grazed pastures and abandoned crop fields. Though related to the mulberry, it is alone in its genus, and is native to the north american continent, where it thrives in zones 59across the great plains and up to ontario. The purpose for this is that evangeline spent her money just to see the boy. They stood in groups and talked and knew each other, all except one a girl though. The osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william stafford, is about young love complicated by misunderstanding and the insecurity of adolescence, set against the backdrop of poverty brought on by the great depression. The osage orange tree afterword naomi shihab nye biographical notes the osage orange tree on that first day of high school in the prairie town where the tree was, i stood in the sun by the flagpole and watched, but pretended not to watch, the others. The conflict of the story is that the narrator wants to get to know a girl named evangeline better. Maclura pomifera osage orange illinois wildflowers. The extraordinary osage orange tree osage maclura pomifera is the sole surviving member of the genus maclura of its many relatives from past geologic eras, only fossils remain. Outer branches have a tendency to droop at the bottom of the crown. Good book to use when trying to identify weedy plants.
The enduring osage orange missouri department of conservation. The large wrinkled fruit contains a milky sap that can produce dermatitis in humans. The continuously changing exhibits convey the story of the osage people throughout history and celebrate osage culture today. Heres john dunn hunters description of the osage orange tree, a native tree of texas and oklahoma, as he wrote it in the early 1800s. Osage orange pruning how to prune osage orange as a living. The tribe developed in the ohio and mississippi river valleys around 700 bc along with other groups of its language family. William stafford on that first day of high school in the prairie town where the tree was, i stood in the sun by the flagpole and watched, but pretended not to watch, the others. The missouri department of conservation mdc recently awarded state champion tree honors to farm owners in rural howard county for harboring the states largest osage orange tree. It is said that the osage indians made hunting bows from the beautiful hard wood of this tree.
The tree can now be found in 39 states and ontario. Located in pawhuska, oklahoma, the osage nation museum provides interpretations and displays of osage history, art, and culture. Tree lovers can enjoy a third of a mile trail through the property that provides closeup views of many species, such as native bigleaf. The climax of the story is when evangeline doesnt show up for graduation. This is also an educational and historical site on osage orange. I discovered that osage orange trees are native to a small area in eastern texas, southeastern oklahoma, and southwestern arkansas, a region that was the home of the osage indians.
Conflict he went to evangelines house and her mom yelled at him. Osage orange pruning how to prune osage orange as a. Small mammals and birds use the thorny tree for cover. No other tree in central north america has had such a long and close relationship with humans both native americans and settlers. It can be a locally dominant tree species in those situations. The current bulloch hall tree inventory shows 33 varieties of trees growing on the site, including black walnut, southern red cedar, catalpa, southern magnolia, american beech and the distinctive osage orange. Though it appears, at least on paper, that maclura pomifera has a lower modulus of elasticity, making it more flexiblewhich may be good or bad depending upon the intended application. Jul 25, 2016 a very informative site about the osage orange tree. The osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william. The osageorange, maclura pomifera, is an ancient tree, a prehistoric survivor. But osage orange persisted, and became widely naturalized long after the invention of barbed wire rendered them useless to farmers. The tree was easy to transplant and managed to live in poor soil, wasnt bothered by heat and wind, insects or disease. It has been claimed that the natural distribution of hedge apple seeds were from being eaten by long extinct mammals.
Osage orange from meriwether lewis planted in swoope getting. Osage orange is a unique tree with a remarkable history. May 07, 2007 hes an interesting person, but this is a tree blog, not a history blog, so youll have to read more about him elsewhere if you are interested. Osage orange hedge apple hedge ball, green brains, monkey balls, mock orange. Use of the osage orange tree as hedge was so common throughout most of its introduced range that hedge became the trees common name. A story by william stafford stafford, william, cunningham, dennis, shihab. Apr 04, 2009 here is some info on the osage orange tree.
Osage orange staves and billets for the bowyer 319 835 5892. The boy goes and sells a paper to evangeline at her house. Not related to apple trees, this widely adapted tree is actually part of the mulberry family. Use of the osage orange tree as hedge was so common throughout most of its introduced range that hedge became the tree s common name. Dec 15, 2015 the osageorange, maclura pomifera, is an ancient tree, a prehistoric survivor. Is an osageorange growing wild east of the mississippi a naturalized alien, or a reintroduced native. A story by william stafford from the worlds largest community of readers. Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the osage orange, hedge, or hedge apple tree is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8 to 15 metres 3050 ft tall.
I grew up on a small general farm in westcentral illinois, where my father had about a quartermile row of osage orange trees, commonly referred to. In this story, the two main elements such as plot and theme dominate this story. The crisis of the osage orange tree, by william stafford, is that the main characternarrator is a new student to a high school and does not know anyone. Both fruitless and thornless, this tough midwest native was found in western oklahoma by plantsman steve bieberich.
Niukonska, people of the middle waters is a midwestern native american tribe of the great plains. The osage orange tree played an important part in the history of many native americans, early western ranchers, and soil conservation efforts in the 1930s. Though they did not survive, some samples lewis collected in 1807 did, and as susan h. Mdc presents state champion tree award for osage orange in. If osage orange does so well elsewhere, why was it restricted to such a small area. This small tree is 2550 tall at maturity, forming a short stout trunk across and a globoid crown with ascending to widely spreading branches. The distinctive fruit, from a multiple fruit family, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres 36 in in diameter, and turns bright yellowgreen in the fall. We have a tree known as hedge, osage orange, bodark, or horse apple. Trees are woody perennial plants, usually with a single trunk, relatively tall.
Feb 22, 20 we have a tree known as hedge, osage orange, bodark, or horse apple. Emcparadigm publishing, publishers of textbooks and new media, is a premier book and media supplier. An osage orange is a fast grower, and rapidly gets to its mature size of up to 40 feet tall with an equal spread. Osage orange, a tree introduced into ohio during the 1800s, is commonly seen in rural areas where it is found in fields and fence rows. Take a journey into the world of tree species in jonathan droris new book, around the world in 80 trees. I grew up on a small general farm in westcentral illinois, where my father had about a quartermile row of osage orange trees, commonly referred to in the area, for obvious reasons, as hedge trees. The most thornless of the osage orange cultivars, this heat and drought tolerant tree has remarkably dark green, glossy foliage. The next day on his paper route they run into each other again, she tells him that they will take the papers. After school, he goes looking for clients to buy newspapers, as he works as a delivery boy.
Osage orange tree, a neverbeforepublished story by beloved poet william. The osage orange tree by william stafford overdrive rakuten. Osage orange is an odd tree with unique characteristics. Pick in fall while green and put by the garage doors to repel mice. Osage orange maclura pomifera guide to kansas plants. Osage orange has been shown in studies to produce more btus when burned than any other domestic hardwood, and is accordingly sometimes used as fuelwood. She gives him specific instructions to leave the paper at the osage orange tree that lies about 200 yards off of her home. Ambrose noted in the bookat the intersection of spruce.
They stood in groups and talked and knew each other, all except one a girl though in a faded blue dress, carrying a sack. Monkey ball tree osage orange maclura pomifera is a treeshrub of unending uniqueness and use. Osage orange maclura pomifera, also known as hedge apple, has a long and interesting history of use by both native americans and early pioneers. They migrated west of the mississippi after the 17th century due to wars. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. A very informative site about the osage orange tree. An osage orange seedling from a tree in philadephia grown from a. Interactive literature selections the osage orange tree.
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