Seems like osage orange.

Another possibility is mulberry, tho AFAIK, mulberries don't have thorns.

Thank you, likely male osage orange

Maclura pomifera IS a member of the mulberry family, Moraceae, but quite a distinctive one. They were once very common in rural farming areas all over the US, though their native range was originally a small area in NE TX and adjoining states. They were used as hedging/fencing, as they formed impenetrable thickets when sheared. They were the original "barbed wire". Now they are generally seen as a nuisance, even a danger with their wicked thorns, and are becoming rare in many areas. In my childhood, they were quite common here. Now, I have *one* on my 105 acre farm, and it's the only one I've seen in years.

One oddity of the tree is that although the species is dioecious, the female tree when grown in isolation will still bear large oranges, perfectly formed but lacking seeds (as my tree does). Another factoid: the wood of the osage orange, when dried and burned, has the highest heating value of any native North American tree.

Sorry for geeking out. This tree has always fascinated me.

And it’s wood was the absolute best wood for making flatbows.

Here's my male, thornless, grafted osage orange. Some males like this one have a somewhat vase-like form of an elm.