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Bye, Bye, Barfberries, or, a Good Idea from D.C.?

In autumn, Brooklyn Heights sidewalks get a generous sprinkling of the overripe fruit of ginkgo trees exuding a noxious smell from which comes their nickname. The fruit contains butyric acid, a substance also found in rancid butter. Tree experts in our nation’s capital may have a cure. dcist: The arrival of warmer spring weather means […]

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