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  • The odd history of the Osage orange tree

    Nov 24, 2021 10:15 am by National GeographicIllinois in the News
    Fruits of the Osage orange tree. PHOTOGRAPHS BYANNE FARRAR for National Geographic

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    • Fruits of the Osage orange tree. PHOTOGRAPHS BYANNE FARRAR for National Geographic

    National Geographic (Nov. 23) Jonathan Baldwin Turner promoted both land grant universitites - and Osage orange trees. He was convinced that 'God designed Osage orange especially for the purpose of fencing the prairies.'