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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Opuntia/thorn first aid
  • Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:47:43 +0000

For the fine thorns stuck in your skin (don't know if this would work to remove them from the FRUIT skin!), put elmer's glue on the area, let dry, peel off, like kids play with. Should bring the thorns out.


----Original Message Follows----
From: Hector B
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Opuntia?
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:30:09 -0500

Re: [NAFEX] Opuntia?I have an Opuntia that is hardy to 5 below zero. Has large pads with a few stiff thorns and lots of those tiny bristles that are so hard to pull out. Fruit is edible but nothing extraordinary. I've never heard of any of them being poisonous.
I did correspond with some researchers in Mexico a few years ago who had an article in "Pomology" about improved varieties that they were working with. I'm sure they would share seeds, but I'm not sure if you can find that on the web.
There are also wild opuntias here and I understand there are species that grow up near the Arctic Circle.

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  • Re: [NAFEX] Opuntia/thorn first aid, tanis cuff, 04/08/2004

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