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  • From: "Dylan Ford" <dford@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
  • To: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>, "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tomato on horseweed
  • Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:21:32 -0500

Dear Folks,

Long ago Berton Rouche wrote an essay, originally published in
"The New Yorker" and later in a collection of essays called "The Medical
Detectives" which (quoting from a website promoting the book)

"Uncovers the mystery of the poisonous tomatoes (grafted onto
jimson weed stock!)

Be careful what you graft tomatoes onto and never let the host
plant develope any foliage of its own. dylan



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tomato on horseweed, common names, firemaking, etc.


Some of the wild species of Solanum are quite poisonous. Is there the
possibility of the grafted tomato taking up some of this toxin?







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