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Keith, see if your plant is the 'third one down' on this link ...bobford

http://www.eattheweeds.com/www.EatTheWeeds.Com/EatTheWeeds.com/Entries/2010/3/5_TOXIC_AND_FATAL_PLANTS_IN_FLORIDA.html



--- On Fri, 10/17/08, keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net> wrote:

> From: keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] polkberries
> To: "homestead" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 3:41 PM
> I found out what my mystery berries are from a brother
> visiting from 
> Tennessee, polkberries. I had searched online and through
> my books for 
> hours without finding it. He told a story about how an
> elderly lady he 
> knows uses the berries to help her arthritis. Five berries
> a day, 
> freezing them for later. Further research warned they are
> poisonous. 
> Anyone eat the greens? My shrub is huge, about ten feet in
> diameter with 
> bushels of fruit. I also found they were used as ink and
> our consitution 
> was written with it. Anyone have a recipe?
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