Smell ?!? Welllllllll... justnevermind !
The fruit of the Gingko is used for Gingko Biloba >>> memory enhancer, forreal.
The 'seed' is at the heart of the fruit, which smells like ass. Asians seem to be the most 'in tune' with how to process it. I witnessed it years ago on city easement trees that were mistakenly planted FEMALE. Mistake ! Korean folk came out in droves to harvest them, but I never followed up with them on how they 'do' it ? I GOOGLED it & found out the nuts are roasted, ... I think ???
I am constantly asked by customers how to reduce / illiminate fruit from Crab Apple in particular. Gosh, you want the bloom, but are peeved about the result ??? I dunno.