ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up11.4Karrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11.4Karrow-down1imageJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square194linkfedilinkfile-text
Actually I looked up the real story of Johnny Appleseed and he was more about making hard cider and selling land. 🙃
minus-squareBonsoir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·15 days agoThe reason we don’t do it today is because fruits would fall on the ground and people would complain it gets dirty. As stupid as that.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·15 days agoCity planners in the 60s favored male trees for this reason. Then air pollution and a warming climate, mixed with all that extra pollen, gave rise to a huge increase in seasonal allergies in urban areas.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-215 days agoIf you’ve ever walked through a spot with female ginkgo trees that are fruiting you’ll understand why. There’s way too many to eat and they’re somehow sticky and slippery at the same time
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 days agoYeah, I’ve got a persimmon tree and pecan tree, all the good stuff gets eaten by the squirrels, what’s falls just makes a rotten mess.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·15 days agoNot just dirty, but the fruit falls on the ground which attracts bugs, rats, etc. that eat the fallen fruit.
The reason we don’t do it today is because fruits would fall on the ground and people would complain it gets dirty. As stupid as that.
City planners in the 60s favored male trees for this reason. Then air pollution and a warming climate, mixed with all that extra pollen, gave rise to a huge increase in seasonal allergies in urban areas.
If you’ve ever walked through a spot with female ginkgo trees that are fruiting you’ll understand why. There’s way too many to eat and they’re somehow sticky and slippery at the same time
Yeah, I’ve got a persimmon tree and pecan tree, all the good stuff gets eaten by the squirrels, what’s falls just makes a rotten mess.
Not just dirty, but the fruit falls on the ground which attracts bugs, rats, etc. that eat the fallen fruit.