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

[Jochen Stremmel]

Only the females:

Female plants do not produce cones. Two ovules
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovule> are formed at the end of a stalk, and
after pollination <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination>, one or both
develop into seeds. The seed is 1.5–2 cm long. Its fleshy outer layer (the
sarcotesta <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcotesta>) is light
yellow-brown, soft, and fruit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit>-like.
It is attractive in appearance, but contains butyric acid
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyric_acid>[14]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba#cite_note-14> (also known as
butanoic acid) and smells like rancid butter
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter> or vomit[15]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba#cite_note-15> when fallen.
Beneath the sarcotesta is the hard sclerotesta
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerotesta> (the "shell" of the seed) and a
papery endotesta
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Endotesta&action=edit&redlink=1>,
with the nucellus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucellus> surrounding the
female gametophyte <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gametophyte> at the
center.[16]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba#cite_note-Lab_IX-16>



Am Mo., 15. Apr. 2019 um 15:18 Uhr schrieb Ian Livingston <
igrlivingston at gmail.com>:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 12:40 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > --
> > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> > >
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