Ginkgo Tree Near Yuan River And Mandarin Oranges Harvested And Boxed.
After five nights in Beijing there was another long train journey of 26 hours to Huaihua, where we were met by Guang Wen and taken to a hotel near his school. Guang Wen and his friend Yin are both teachers, and they each have one daughter. Guang Wen's daughter is named Susan [a name I gave] and although it is only about two years since I last saw her, her teenage years are making her more beautiful. Yin's daughter is named ''Chin Chin'' and is a keen gymnast; perhaps she will be in the Olympics one day! The other ''teenager'' age 18, was Wen Wen, Guang Wen's nephew, now taller than me, but still having the smiling face he had when I first met him aged 4.
On one of our days in Huaihua we went to visit the ancient city of Hongjiang said to be 500 years old. Part of our journey was on a road alongside the Yuan River, the waters of which eventually enter the Yangtze River, and when I saw a 
small Ginkgo tree in all its splendid colours I shouted, Stop! Stop! Stop! We got out of the car and took some photos then walked down the bank to a small house near the river, where we met a grandma nursing her grandchild. She was surprised to see us and wanted to make some tea for us, but Guang Wen was able to dissuade her from doing so. Grandma showed us stacks of harvested mandarin oranges, piled up in one of the buildings, and in another building crates of mandarin oranges waiting to be collected by the wholesalers.
On one of our days in Huaihua we went to visit the ancient city of Hongjiang said to be 500 years old. Part of our journey was on a road alongside the Yuan River, the waters of which eventually enter the Yangtze River, and when I saw a small Ginkgo tree in all its splendid colours I shouted, Stop! Stop! Stop! We got out of the car and took some photos then walked down the bank to a small house near the river, where we met a grandma nursing her grandchild. She was surprised to see us and wanted to make some tea for us, but Guang Wen was able to dissuade her from doing so. Grandma showed us stacks of harvested mandarin oranges, piled up in one of the buildings, and in another building crates of mandarin oranges waiting to be collected by the wholesalers.
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Ginkgo has long been cultivated in China; some planted trees at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old. The first record of Europeans encountering it is in 1690 in Japanese temple gardens, where the tree was seen by the German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer. Because of its status in Buddhism and Confucianism, the Ginkgo is also widely planted in Korea and parts of Japan; in both areas, some naturalization has occurred, with Ginkgos seeding into natural forests. In some areas, notably the United States, most intentionally planted Ginkgos are male cultivars grafted onto plants propagated from seed, because the male trees will not produce the malodorous seeds. The popular cultivar 'Autumn Gold' is a clone of a male plant. Src: Wikipedia.com. '''''
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The Mandarin orange or mandarin is a small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange. The fruit is oblate, rather than spherical, and roughly resembles a pumpkin in shape. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain, or in fruit salads. Specifically reddish orange mandarin cultivars can be marketed as tangerines, but this is not a botanical classification. The tree is more drought tolerant than the fruit. The mandarin is tender, and is damaged easily by cold. It can be grown in tropical and subtropical areas. Src: Wikipedia.com. '''''
Ginkgo has long been cultivated in China; some planted trees at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old. The first record of Europeans encountering it is in 1690 in Japanese temple gardens, where the tree was seen by the German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer. Because of its status in Buddhism and Confucianism, the Ginkgo is also widely planted in Korea and parts of Japan; in both areas, some naturalization has occurred, with Ginkgos seeding into natural forests. In some areas, notably the United States, most intentionally planted Ginkgos are male cultivars grafted onto plants propagated from seed, because the male trees will not produce the malodorous seeds. The popular cultivar 'Autumn Gold' is a clone of a male plant. Src: Wikipedia.com. '''''
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The Mandarin orange or mandarin is a small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange. The fruit is oblate, rather than spherical, and roughly resembles a pumpkin in shape. Mandarin oranges are usually eaten plain, or in fruit salads. Specifically reddish orange mandarin cultivars can be marketed as tangerines, but this is not a botanical classification. The tree is more drought tolerant than the fruit. The mandarin is tender, and is damaged easily by cold. It can be grown in tropical and subtropical areas. Src: Wikipedia.com. '''''
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