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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc
Subject: Re: Spiders Haters Unite
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Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 12:15:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 21 12:15:25 1986
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In article <140@mcc-hi.UUCP> shook@mcc-hi.UUCP writes:
> Have you ever heard of "Osage oranges" or "hedge apples" - a fruit-like
> seed that can be found along country roads in the fall, I think. They're
> usually yellow, yellow-green, or green and naturally repel spiders. Simply
> place a couple of these near access points - windows, cracks, doors, etc.
> and no new spiders should get in. 

While I have no idea whether Osage oranges really work, the original poster
can find them on the Cornell campus.  There's a tree on Tower Road by the
entrance to the path to the parking lot behind A. D. White's house.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh