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

[Ian Livingston]

Bet there wouldn't be very many of them without females.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 7:05 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> > > --
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