Letter: Surprising properties of the ginkgo tree
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: Graham Snow (letter, 27 November) writes that he has not
yet found a female ginkgo tree in Britain.
A few years ago, as an apprentice gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden in west London, I spent many unpleasant hours raking leaves in the vicinity of such a tree.
For the uninitiated, the smell of the fruit is similar to cats.
Yours faithfully,
SARAH CHESTERS
Great Torrington, North Devon
30 November
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