I never saw any pest that would eat it. No insect, no bird, no mammal. NOTHING would eat the fruit except the occasional human and they would only eat one or two. There are more critters that will eat Osage orange seeds than will eat any part of che fruit.
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My 4 yr… CHE today… we are well into fall here.
Found the last two ripe fruits today and ate both.
Juicy sweet flavorful… any critter that would eat a nice sweet ripe watermelon would eat CHE fruit if they just knew how they tasted.
CHE are a little like figs… in that you really need to wait until they are in that final ripening phase… to get the best flavor.
I had the pleasure of finding 6 or 7 perfectly ripe the other day… and loved each one.
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