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  2. Jonathan Baldwin Turner - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1830s, Turner selected the Osage orange tree as an ideal plant for this purpose, and patented a machine for preparing the soil and planting the tree's seeds. [19] [20] Turner then advertised and sold Osage orange seeds, which were widely used as hedges before the development of barbed wire between 1867 and 1874. [21]

  3. Maclura pomifera - Wikipedia

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    Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange ( / ˈoʊseɪdʒ / OH-sayj ), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 8 to 15 centimetres (3–6 in) in diameter, and ...

  4. Maclura - Wikipedia

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    Maclura. Nutt. [1] Maclura is a genus of flowering plants in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes the inedible Osage orange, which is used as mosquito repellent and grown throughout the United States as a hedging plant. [3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants.

  5. Rune Factory 4 - Wikipedia

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    Mode (s) Single-player. Rune Factory 4[ b] is a role-playing video game developed by Neverland and published by Marvelous AQL for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the sixth game in the Rune Factory series, and the first to be released on the 3DS. It was released in Japan in July 2012, in North America in October 2013, and in PAL regions in December 2014.

  6. Rune Factory - Wikipedia

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    Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon received an 8.4 rating from IGN's Mark Bozon. Bozon commented that the art style was "amazing", and that it was "the Harvest Moon you've been waiting for". [79] 7/10 from Nintendo Power, and 4/5 from X-Play. IGN rated Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon at 8.4/10, commenting on its similarity to the ...

  7. Pomiferin - Wikipedia

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    Pomiferin is a prenylated isoflavone that can be found along with osajin in the fruits and female flowers of the osage orange tree ( Maclura pomifera ). [ 1] Pomiferin was identified and named in 1939 by Melville L. Wolfrom from Ohio State University. [ 2] In 1941, Wolfram classified pomiferin as an isoflavone and in 1946 published the complete ...

  8. Mother Orange Tree - Wikipedia

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    The planting of the tree was done by Alfred Clarke, with the help of his foreman, Howard Burt. As the years passed and the tree flourished, growing to a height of over 60 feet (18 m), it was a favorite attraction of miners. They would sample its fruit and save seeds to plant in the dooryards of their cabins.

  9. Eliza Tibbets - Wikipedia

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    Introducing hybrid Washington navel orange trees in California. Eliza Tibbets (born Eliza Maria Lovell; 1823–1898) was among early American settlers and founders of Riverside, California; she was an activist in Washington, D.C., for progressive social causes, including freedmen 's rights and universal suffrage before going to the West Coast.