Here is the big argument, I’ll tell you.
It goes something like this.
Group A says:
Folks… this here is called a Hedge Apple. Plain and simple. That is the only thing we know them by.

Now, Hedge Apples are…. first and foremost… as bumpy as a wagon ride through the Northwest Territory. We admit they are green, and round…. but their number one quality is their bumps.
They come from trees, and typically fall to the ground during late summer or autumn. That is the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

And Group B says this.
Oh… we are forced to share this here field of trees with Group A…. and because of that…. we must point out… clearly and concisely ….. that they are indeed very wrong. This here sphere is called an Osage Orange. None other but.

We would also like to point out that the Osage Orange is far more green, and round, than anything else. While we recognize those bumps….. they are simply inconsequential. And yes… this fruit does live on trees. However, they drop to the ground BEFORE winter. Not during the late summer and autumn.

Now. That is how we see it. The Osage Orange. And we will not budge on this. At all.

Two sides divided about the “naming” of the very same thing.

So. There… my friends… is a perfect example of politics. Everybody recognizes the same “end” … they just have to be so dang different and stubborn…. in the process ….. and description of……  the means.

The scientific name is Maclura pomifera, by the way.
Let’s call it for what it is.

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.” – Dale Carnegie