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DCist readers had plenty of opinions about the unusually bad ginkgo season that Washington experienced last year. As the fragrant fruits fell on sidewalks and streets last autumn, ending up crushed by passersby, that familiar vomit/jizz/poop stench combo emanated from all corners of the city. But the Georgetown Metropolitan observes that at least so far, it looks like the city’s efforts to curb the female trees from producing fruit may have paid off this time around.

This time last year we we’re under a deluge of foul smelling berries. The city had switched to a new concoction to stem the growth of the ginkgo berries. It was a total disaster. We had berries straight through the spring.

This year, however, the city went back to the tried but true spraying method. While he may live to regret it, GM believes that we have gotten through the worst of the ginkgo season without nearly the onslaught we saw last year.

Could it be true? Maybe. DCist seems to recall the worst of the fruit not falling until well into November in 2008. But still, we have to agree that we haven’t seen nearly as many fruits even waiting to descend on the usual sidewalks. Have you noticed anything different?