It's getting to be that time of year: Apples are growing, blackberries have ripened – and pretty soon, you'll be able to find piles of smashed, rotten, unpicked fruit on a city sidewalk or in a ...

When the Osage orange is planted in suburban areas, the fruit can litter sidewalks and treelawns in fall. Most homeowners consider the fruit a nuisance that must be raked up and discarded.