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From: Linda Campbell City: Doster, MI
We recently visited a State Park in Illinois. Our grandsons found apple like things on the ground on the path in the woods. They were kind of a light sagey green in color. We were wondering what they are. We were told they were sage apples but we are not sure.
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Linda: My first guess, without any additional information or pictures to go by, is Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera). The "sage apples" you describe are also known as "hedge apples" as another common name for Osage-orange is hedge apple or hedge. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=mapo
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