Responded to your email - Would be looking for something more unusual though. Thanks I have seeds of this plant.

If not for the thorns, I would want them.

Thank you for the link. I have ordered from them in the long distant past, but not since they changed hands. I will call them tomorrow for info on whether or not they can guarantee me a female and male -- since I'll need both to get fruit.

I don't think osage-orange is toxic, and it's gross enough that I don't think enough of it could be eaten to do any harm...yuck ! I've taken seed from mature fruit, it IS a pain in the neck. The best luck I"ve had is when I forgot and left a bag out all winter on my porch. The plastic bag leaked a nasty ooz (which only took a couple of years to come off the wooden floor), but the next spring I put on a pair of the blue nitril gloves and squezed through the slop sort of like separating pumpkin seeds from the pulp, but, alot nastier. After there was a pile of more seed than yucky stuff, I put it in a sieve and rinsed it for ages under running water, then dried them on a cookie sheet. I have quite a few seedlings going, I think they are neet little trees, but I do have to back you up on the seed gathering being a real pain-in-the-neck thing to do! Did you know the trees were used in place of fence since they are tough, fast growing, and even cattle won't fight the thorns? Also Native Americans made an orange dye from the roots, and I think they used the wood for bows. One of my hobbies is wood carving, and from those circles I've seen some beautiful sculptures done from the wood!