You have the store right in front of where the gum tree used to be?

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

Today, the South Street gum tree in Philadelphia is our unlikely landmark.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

That guy was more of a gum tree curator.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

How do you feel about the gum tree?

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

Sorry about your gum tree.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

Ms. SYLVESTER: I really wasn't a fan of the gum tree because it was kind of a nuisance everyday, there'd be crowds of people in front of it taking photos, sticking their gum on there, and sanitary-wise, it really was not fun to look at everyday as I'm peering outside this door.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

We'd just talked to the guy from Ishkabibbles, and he actually scraped the gum from the tree once.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

So, as a child when we come up here we used to just always put our gum on the tree.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

And one year, I just took all the gum, virtually every single gum off the tree just to see what happened.

NPR: Philadelphia's Gum Tree Cut Down

In 1848, feather balls were replaced by gutta-percha balls made from the gum of a Malaysian tree.

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Unlike other gums that contain petrochemicals the natural gum is produced from the sap of the chicozapote tree found in the Mexican rainforest, a spokesman for Chicza told CNN.

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