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From Peter Baniak of the Memphis Commercial Appeal:
What is that smell? Did someone—oh, wait, has late October passed already?
Well then, that smell would be from the tree that looms over my back yard.
We have a ginkgo tree, a beautiful, gigantic ginkgo tree, complete with a swing hanging from one of her sturdy branches and shade garden underneath. And she is woman—smell her roar.
You see, the female ginkgoes are the ones that drop mounds of fruit this time of year. The fruit is small—a little smaller than a golf ball—and looks like a miniature apricot. Inside is a white nut that the squirrels go ga-ga for. Sound charming?