This summer, I went for a walk at a park, just down from my home and discovered that the city had planted Ginko Biloba trees. I didn't know they grew here and was pleasantly surprised to see they had planted a new variety. I love the unusual leaves and took some home to admire and make prints of.
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This morning in the news was an article about a family living in Toronto, Canada where the city unknowingly planted a female Ginko Biloba tree in front of their home.
http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=64391 Those living in the neighborhood are complaining that when the ripening fruit falls, if it gets stepped on or broken, it smell like a cross between dog feces and vomit. She said they have to go out each morning and pick the fruit so people won't step on them, get the smell on their shoes and track it into their homes and of course, each year the tree gets larger and produces more fruit.
So I went to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba and sure enough they said the fruit smells like dog feces or rancid butter.
So here's a warning to anyone wanting to plant these beautiful trees to make sure it's not a female.
Anyone have any experience with this?
