frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier) (09/06/89)
Hello, Everybody. I have a rather odd question. We have what looks like some sort of wild fig tree growing in our appartment complex. The fruit is a small oblong, about 2" in diameter, and is green or yellow-red while on the tree. The leaves are oval and about 6"-8" long. When the birds drop the fruit onto the patio/deck, they get soft and are quite disgusting to step on. The question: is there some way to "neuter" this tree so that it no longer produces fruit? I had never heard of such a thing until somebody who knows absolutely nothing about the subject said he had "heard" of it being done. So, tell me, can it be done, and if so, how? Thank you, Greg Frazier ((((((((((((((((###################))))))))))))))))))) Greg Frazier "No, she can't do long division yet - CS dept., UCLA we're currently concentrating on Internet: frazier@CS.UCLA.EDU set theory..." o_ UUCP: ...!{ucbvax,rutgers}!ucla-cs!frazier "gah!" / L
mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (09/12/89)
/* ---------- "Can you neuter a tree?" ---------- */ Cut it down with a chainsaw. Someday (i.e. the day I win the Nobel Prize) I going to do that to the Ginko outside my lab. Doug McDonald
robert@blake.acs.washington.edu (Gedankenleere) (09/13/89)
Sure! Cut it down.