I picked up some of the fruit to take a picture in my car, then I accidentally stepped on it in my car and it smelt like vomit for hours.
Big C says when he was a child they used to call them "sticky bombs" and they'd through them at each other.
In the winter time as I'm going home I see two Asian woman bending over for hours picking them at the edge of my company parking lot, I'm curious to know what they do with them.
UPDATE:
Kim left a comment that it's called a Ginkgo Biloba Tree so my curiosity has been quelled!!! I also found out the culinary uses in Asia!!!
It's a Ginko tree. Our neighbors had one when I was growing up. We hated the smell of that thing. We had to walk past it to get in the house.
ReplyDeleteSorry I spelled it wrong. It's ginkgo.
ReplyDeleteThat is a Persimmon tree. At first the fruit is very bitter an will pucker your lips. Later is becomes sweeter and makes delicious preserves and fried pies. My brother visited us last month and was delighted to see that we have several persimmon trees on our property. He picked himself a bucket full to take home.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found this out, it would have driven me nuts! ;)
ReplyDeleteI can say it...I was wrong:) Good to know about Ginkgo and glad that's not what we have on our property. Here is the reason for my confusion:
ReplyDelete"The fruit of the Ginkgo resembles the native persimmon in color, size, and character. That means it has a red-orange color, is about the size of a very small fist, and resembles the persimmons with soft fleshy pulp.
When you smell a ginkgo, however, it is disagreeable and not liked. This "stink" is what has stopped Americans from eating the ginkgo nut. The term "stink to high heaven" may have come from this tree."
Also it seems that the leaf tells the difference in the persimmon and the ginkgo. One must be very careful in handling ginkgo because it often spreads poison ivy.
i am glad you got that figured out because i had no idea!
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