"Daniel" dcxdanATyahooDOTcom wrote in message
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I was at a local Farmer's market a couple of weeks ago and saw someone
selling a fruit called - "Spider Apple". They said it can be used to keep
spiders
away from areas of the house. Does anyone know what the real name of the
fruit or vegetable is. It is about the size of an green apple, and has a
wrinkly looking skin.

Google doesn't seem to know anything about a spider apple
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22spider+apple%22

I suspect it's a gimic that someone came up with to sell some extra apples,
I can't imagine a reason why spiders would shun an area just because an
apple was in the area.

-S