On 10/31/2017 2:15 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Casa, only the female gingkos have fruit.

Aha!

> My ex planted one in our front yard .. First tree for
> this new house .. in 1969, and even then, the nursery could determine which ones were male
> trees. I have no clue why anyone would plant a female tree unless it was w-a-y out there in
> the back 40, where the wildlife might like them, but no humans would step on them and track
> them into a building.

It's a real darn mess, that much I do know.

> Our campus suffered for years with female trees close to sidewalks and busy buildings. The Asian
> students would pick them up to eat...I was assured they tasted nothing like they smelled...but after
> one of the VPs walked into the administration building and asked if someone had vomited in the
> hallway, TPTB have slowly taken down the female trees and replaced them with male trees.

Ayup.

> I hate to see beautiful trees removed, but in this case, since I worked in that particular building, I
> was in favor of it.
>
> N.

Thanks for the lesson on sexing them.

Their leaves are brilliant yellow at their best, but the "fruit" stinks
to high heaven.