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  • From: Cyndi Norman <cyndi AT tikvah.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: [Market-farming] Capers
  • Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:44:50 -0000

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:16:31 -0500
From: Jim Woodyard <mwjw AT swbell.net>

>Capers come from a lovely plant from Spain -- some have nasty thorns,
>but they all have beautiful flowers that look like white/purple
>butterflies. They will probably grow great in Texas -- if you have a
>chance, get some plants -- the flowers are so beautiful you'll not want
>to harvest the unopened buds to make capers.<<<

Do you know what the name of the plant is?

Caper Plant
Capparis Spinosa

A randomly chosen description is here:
http://www.napoleon-co.com/consumers/caper_production.htm

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