Re: What smells
- To: m*@worldnet.att.net, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: What smells
- From: W*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:16:03 EST
In a message dated 1/28/99 9:05:08 PM, mikemace@worldnet.att.net writes:
<< Chas D. wrote:
> I understnd the the female Gingko tree rewards us with an
>evil-smelling fruit if there is a male nearby.
Ohhhh yeah. Those are wonderful trees in our climate,
trouble-free, great shade in the summer, reliably producing
bright yelow foliage every autumn. But make sure you get a
boy tree. I had a girl one as a street tree in front of my
last house, and every summer it dumped stinking fruit on the
sidewalk. They look like small apricots, but their smell is
for the dogs, if you know what I mean. You don't want to
step on one.
>>
Near a friends house here in Napa is a block that has both sides of the street
lined with female Ginkos. Walk down that street the wrong time of year and you
are in for a real treat. Actually if your're within a block or two of the
street you can smell it.
Wayne
Wayne Scott
wascott@aol.com
250 Hickory St.
Napa, CA. 94558
