[NAFEX] Preparing ginkgo nuts

hans brinkmann hans-brinkmann at t-online.de
Tue Oct 28 19:51:48 EDT 2008


Hallo Sam,

very interesting and thank you very much!

At China are companies which are producing more than 1000t of Ginkgo 
"nuts" per year and 4000t of leaves.
Ernie Grimo (Canada) is selling Ginkgoes for "nut-production" he is 
going to sell also self fertile Ginkgoes.

The following photo, data and legend are just examples from Mr. Jimmy 
Shen's (China) large collection:
 

In China there are more than 500 ginkgo trees over 1,000 years old.

Most of them are female, because folks preferred female trees for their

seeds. Some remarkable trees are listed below:

 *Over 3,000 Years Old*
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At Dinglin temple on Folai mountain of Ju county, Shandong province

Gender     Height       Diameter        Crown           

                                   at Breast

Height (DBH)

Female      82 ft          13 ft          9,440 sq ft               

              /25 m          /3.9 m         /877 sqm 
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At Lebang village, Huangsi town, Fuquan city, Guizhou province

Gender     Height         DBH          Crown

Male      138 ft         15 ft          6,458 sq ft              

               /42 m         /4.6 m         /600 sqm  

It has abundant foliage.


*A Chinese Wolfberry Grows on an Old Ginkgo Tree *
At a crossroads in Beiqiao, a town of Minghang district, Shanghai, there 
stands a tall 400 year old ginkgo tree. Every autumn in its southeastern 
branches, one may spot clusters of red Chinese wolfberry seeds.
Legend tells that long ago, on the location beside the old ginkgo tree, 
there was the famous Mingxin temple, consisted of thousands of rooms. 
One year a notorious monk seized power. He raped women, killed the 
innocent, and ruined the good reputation of the temple. The locals went 
into a rage and set fire in the temple. As it burned, the fire gradually 
reached the ginkgo tree igniting some of its branches. 
Seeing that the tree was in danger, a young monk kneeled down on the 
ground to pray for the tree. Suddenly a colorful bird flew over, circled 
for a while, then settled on the little boy's head and asked, "Are you 
determined to save the tree?"
The monk begged, "I would do anything to save it since this tree was 
planted by the beloved first master Xizui, and now the fire will destroy 
it".
"Are you willing to sacrifice your head to save the tree?" asked the bird.
Hearing this, the monk put his palms together, murmured a text of 
scripture, then put his hands over his head and prepared to have his 
head removed. The bird pecked the top of his head three times. All at 
once the little monk disappeared. The bird flew to the tree; pecked one 
southeastern branch and flew away. Suddenly, a dark rain cloud appeared, 
drenched the tree and put out the fire. 
The next morning greenery appeared on the bird pecked branch. It grew 
quickly and soon appeared as a Chinese wolfberry with round leaves and 
yellow flowers. Its root merged with that branch and looked as if it 
grew naturally from there. Its attractive bunches of smooth red seeds 
ripened in autumn.
They said that the colorful bird was the transformed spirit of master 
Xizui. He saw that the boy monk was kind-hearted and self-sacrificing, 
and as a reward, he absorbed the boy's soul into the tree, allowing him 
live forever.
(Courtesy of Minhang Library, Shanghai)

ciao
hans

Brungardt, Sam schrieb:
> Some time ago there were some posts about ginko nuts and how to 
> prepare them.  Here's a story that goes into detail on that very 
> subject. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.
>  
> A stinky prize worth digging for 
> <http://www.silive.com/westshore/weekly/index.ssf?/base/news/1224766815262050.xml&coll=1>
> Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
> By PAMELA SILVESTRI Round, marble-sized *fruit* from female ginkgo 
> trees, a few of which can be found in Willowbrook Park among other 
> locations, *...*
> See all stories on this topic 
> <http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.silive.com/westshore/weekly/index.ssf%3F/base/news/1224766815262050.xml%26coll%3D1> 
>
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