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

[Mark Thibodeau]

ROTFLMAO!

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4:17 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >> > > --
> >> > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >> > >
> >> > --
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> >> >
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> >>
> >
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