[NAFEX] dwarf almonds

dwoodard at becon.org dwoodard at becon.org
Thu Jun 7 02:59:08 EDT 2007


Lon, are you sure that cooking destroys the cyanide compound?

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Lon Rombough wrote:

> Sounds like Prunus tenella.  Tom Plocher in Hugo, MN said he had some
> bushes of that species that produced 300 nuts per bush after -40 F.
> The species is sold as an ornamental by several nurseries.  They are
> bitter, so the nuts have to be cooked to be safely edible.
> -Lon Rombough





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