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
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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.
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