Why didn't anyone tell me that the Callery pear trees in BLEEDING EDGE stink!?

[Ian Livingston]

The same is true of gingko trees, which are also pretty hardy. I don't
recall if they appear in Pynchon, though.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4:42 AM Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had no idea. Excellent! Or not, as the case may be. There is never not a
> downside to the ability to tolerate pollution. It is just spat out in a
> different way.
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> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:40 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > They tolerate pollution, clay soil and drought. That is, late capitalism
> in
> > NYC. By counter-smelling, so to speak. Another sly Pynchon trick.
> >
> >
> https://www.wesa.fm/post/whats-smell-beautiful-tree-thats-causing-quite-stink?fbclid=IwAR02uwB-vzQ_bblKryOz6cZqlZIToxqMoK5YT6nTszI9_e-Zb_5hy9TkuoE
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