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photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory
The Jingle
Maclura pomifera has many names, including mock orange, hedge apple, hedge, horse apple, monkey ball, monkey brains and yellow-wood. The name bois d’arc (from French meaning “bow-wood”) has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock..– Wikipedia
We used to call them brain trees.
Horse high, bull strong, hog tight…
“that sort of burst on us about a week ago”
(audio from 3 of 5 councilors below.)