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giraflor t1_jdzmu53 wrote

I think I can’t smell them. I noticed the distinctive smell of Gingkoes growing up in Baltimore, but not that of Bradford pears. Now that I live in MoCo, I know Bradford pears as the trees that take down power lines at the slightest breeze. Still can’t smell them.

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burbsofny t1_jdzwpkg wrote

Ginkgo. That is another horrendous smell. Distinctive is putting it mildly. Smells like stepping in dog doodoo.

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procrastimom t1_je0l3i3 wrote

Only female ginkgo trees bear fruit and stink. If you find a stinky one that was planted, someone probably made a mistake. And they do stink! It’s like a combination of vomit & dogshit. I don’t know what the fruits are used for (food? medicine?) but I’ve seen some older Asian folks collecting them by the bagful in the fall, below the huge old ones in front of the Sun paper building. They are beautiful trees.

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