LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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The first article I read in the April 2022 issue of Farm Collector was “Harvesting Fence Posts” by Don McKinley. When I saw the picture of hedge apples, I had to laugh. It brought back an old memory. There were definitely a lot of people who thought hedge apples would ward off moths and other insects. My wife always wanted me to bring her several nice specimens each fall and she would place them in our closets for the winter.
Wildlife, especially squirrels, use hedge apples as a food source, but only late in the year, after the better stuff is about gone. However, cows don’t care when it is: If hedge apples are available, they’re going to eat them. A cow will pick up an entire hedge apple in her mouth, then raise her head and point her nose up so the hedge apple stays in place while she positions it
