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- From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Fwd: Question
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:02:11 -0700
>From the Plants for a Future website...
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/arr_html?Rhamnus+carolinianus&CA
N=LATIND
"Rhamnus carolinianus - Indian cherry
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit has a thin rather dry flesh[82] with a
sweet and agreeable flavour[2, 11, 105, 229]. The fruit is about 7 -
10mm in diameter and contains 2 - 4 small seeds[229]. Some caution is
advised, see the notes above on toxicity."
No mention of the annual amount of fruit produced.
-Mark Lee, Seattle
-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lon Rombough
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:42 PM
To: NAFEX
Subject: [NAFEX] Fwd: Question
Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "J. Ryan Stewart" <stewart@iastate.edu>
>>>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:37 AM
>>> Subject: Question
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you know of anyone who has worked with cultivating fruit of
>>>> native
>>>> or
>>>> introduced buckthorns (Rhamnus or Frangula)? I came across a
>>>> website
>>>> on
>>>> the internet a couple of years ago that said the fruit of Carolina
>>>> buckthorn (Rhamnus caroliniana or Frangula caroliniana) was edible.
>>>> My
>>>> dissertation is focused on Carolina buckthorn, but I've never dared
>>> tasting
>>>> its fruit. Dr. Paul Domoto of Iowa State University suggested I
>>>> contact
>>>> NAFEX because I'm trying to find someone who has determined the
>>>> annual
>>>> fruit load of any species of buckthorn.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Ryan Stewart
>>>> Graduate Research Assistant
>>>> Horticulture Department
>>>> 106 Horticulture
>>>> Iowa State University
>>>> Ames, Iowa 50011-1100
>>>>
>>> http://www.hort.iastate.edu/facultystaff/meetfaculty/graves/
>>> students/ stewart/
>>>>
>>>>
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[NAFEX] Fwd: Question,
Lon Rombough, 08/31/2004
- RE: [NAFEX] Fwd: Question, Mark Lee, 08/31/2004
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