Pankaj ji Why should I mind? I am not from Bihar. Just another joke!!!
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Rajendra Shinde <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I had taken these pictures in Berkeley, USA. The structure seen in the > axils - are they male cones/ flowers? > > Shinde > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:04 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:43705] Re: Ginkgo biloba from Kashmir > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > That reminds me of one joke where a competition is held on who can get > more milk from the cow tied inside each stable. Standing outside are > all politicians, who enter one by one and come back with buckets > filled at different levels. When Laloo goes in, he takes a lot of time > and after few days when he comes out it shouts, "THIS IS CHEATING, > THEY GAVE ME A BULL"..... > > So the bottom line is, may be fruits were not fertilized there in El > Camino Road as all 20 plants were female.... > > My apologies, but my intention was not to hurt you. Hope you will take > this as a joke only. > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > On Aug 7, 8:15 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Pankaj ji > > I have also heard about it but there is a long avenue of nearly twenty or > so > > female trees on El Camino Road, and I never felt any stink, nor residents > in > > the area reported about it. I even tried to crush one, but nothing > > significant. > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks for sharing. They say that the fruit on female tree stinks a > > > lot and at one point it was banned from plantation in US. We have one > > > small one in our campus. > > > Regards > > > Pankaj > > >
