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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-117-70315691 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Dave, On 19-Sep-06, at 6:53 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > Dear All, Sept 19, 2006 > Does anyone have direct experience with Buckthorn (Rhamnus > frangula) fruit ? > > It took a while to get rolling, 300 years more or less, but near > Kentville it apparently now knows how introduced plants are > supposed to act and is very agressive in waste places, glades, > clear-cuts and edges. > > An extract of the bark (Frangula, which contains frangulin) was > at one time used as a laxative but I have no definite information > on the fruit. I have recently eaten one fruit, less seeds and skin, > on each of two occasions with no effects. A handfull might be a > different matter but the warning about R. alnifolia that 'Them is > terrible things for the guts' indicates caution. They were fairly > sweet and juicy but without obvious flavor. > > I wonder if they could be used for wine. The Poisonous Plants of North Carolina website says that the fruits contain glycosides which cause "Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea." http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Rhamnsp.htm I applaud your initiative: it doesn't sound like something that I'd like to experiment with. ;-> Cheers, Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-117-70315691 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dave,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 19-Sep-06, at 6:53 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Dear All,<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 </SPAN>Sept 19, 2006</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>Does anyone have direct = experience with Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) fruit ?</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>It took a while to get = rolling, 300 years more or less, but near Kentville it apparently now = knows how introduced plants are supposed to act and is very agressive in = waste places, glades, clear-cuts and edges.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>An extract of the bark = (Frangula, which contains frangulin) was at one time used as a laxative = but I have no definite information on the fruit. I have recently eaten = one fruit, less seeds and skin, on each of two occasions with no = effects. A handfull might be a different matter but the warning about R. = alnifolia that 'Them is terrible things for the guts' indicates caution. = They were fairly sweet and juicy but without obvious flavor.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>I wonder if they could be = used for wine.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>The=A0Poisonous Plants of North = Carolina website says that the fruits contain glycosides which cause = "Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea."</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Rhamnsp.htm">ht= tp://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Rhamnsp.htm</A></DIV><DIV= ><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I applaud your = initiative: it doesn't sound like something that I'd like to experiment = with. ;-></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> = <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-117-70315691--
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