Wednesday, January 6, 2010

[haflingerfriends] Re: Ossage Oranges

They don't sound horse safe to me, but I've never seen them in the flesh. I've only lived in California and Oregon, so there you go.
Laura of Cal.

--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "kmt1172" <lrh1172@...> wrote:
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> If they were used for fencing, or hedgerows, that would explain why the are usually along the sides of roads. I always thought the "oranges" had a thick sappy fluid to them and would not think they'd be safe to allow horses to eat them.
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> --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, Liz Farley <huzzagirl@> wrote:
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> > the only thing i know about them is i buy them in the fall & use them to keep spiders away - they also used to make fences out of the branches i guess. i think cattle will eat them, too, if they are available. 
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> > From: kmt1172 <lrh1172@>
> > Subject: [haflingerfriends] Ossage Oranges
> > To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 11:10 AM
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> > Has anyone heard of horses eating Ossage oranges, or monkey balls? An old timer horse woman I know said horses will eat them and they don't hurt the horse. I never heard of this or saw a horse eat them. There aren't any around now, but we have tons of them around here in the fall.
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