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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I remember the song, Sandy.  On every jukebox (Do jukeboxes still exist?)
I just googled to see what year the song came out and was made curious by the 
blurb about poke salad, which it said should be said "poke sallet" (from some 
old  english word that means 'cooked' greens).
I don't remember if people pronounced it one way or the other ...bobford


--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com> wrote:

> From: Bunjov AT aol.com <Bunjov AT aol.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Pokeweed
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6:01 PM
> There are photos and more information on the site.
> Doesn't anyone remember  
> the song - maybe mid-seventies - "Poke Salad
> Annie"?
> Sandy
> Mid-Mojave
>  
> _http://www.altnature.com/gallery/pokeweed.htm_ 
> (http://www.altnature.com/gallery/pokeweed.htm) 
>  
>  
> Pokeweed
> Phytolacca  americana
> Other Names: Poke Salet, American Pokeweed,  Cancer-root,
> Cancer jalap, 
> Inkberry, Pigeon Berry, Pocan, Poke, Poke Root,  Pokeberry,
> Reujin D Ours, 
> Sekerciboyaci, Skoke, Virginian Poke, Yoshu-Yama-Gobo, 
> Yyamilin 
> Caution : Toxic when misused. For  experienced herbalists
> only. Can cause 
> intense vomiting and  diarrhea. 
> Habitat
> Pokeweed is a  common perennial native plant, found in
> Northern and Central 
> N. America from the  New England States to Minnesota and
> south to Florida and 
> Texas, naturalized in  Britain and other countries. Growing
> in damp rich soils 
> in clearings, woodland  margins and roadsides. Cultivation:
> Pokeweed is an 
> easily grown plant,  succeeding in most soils and full sun
> or partial shade. The 
> stout erect stalk is  tall, growing to 10 feet or more,
> smooth and branching, 
> turning deep red or  purple as the berries ripen and the
> plant matures. The 
> root is conical, large  and fleshy, covered with a thin
> brown bark. Leaves are 
> about 5 inches long and 2  to 3 inches wide, simple,
> alternate, 
> ovate-lanceolate, and smooth. The flowers  which appear
> from July to September are 
> long-stalked clusters and each has 5  whitish petals with
> green centers. The fruit is a 
> rich deep purple round berry,  containing a rich crimson
> juice. Gather young 
> edible shoots in spring, the roots  in fall, slice and dry
> for later use, and 
> berries as they  ripen.
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