Osage-orange, or hedge-apple, is a tree very familiar to those of us in the Bluegrass, where it was widely planted for natural fencing and hedges. Do you find this tree where you live?
Here is another tree whose abundance and distribution is due to its close relationship with us. Osage-orange, Maclura pomifera, is certainly one such tree. Once found in a small area of Texas and adja...