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--Boundary_(ID_M1ai0fhkqCOIQo0B/qZwQw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT OCT. 20, 2010 - At the corner of Main St. and Oak Ave. in Wolfville, there is a tall YEW shrub that is loaded with pink-red "berries" which, of course, are seeded cones, since yew is a conifer. And just to the west of there, toward town, are more yew bushes with these fleshy cones. Sometimes I go years without seeing any of these on the female bushes, but for some reason this year, maybe just coincidence, I have now seen yew "berries" several times. Now let's all check our books on which parts of yew are very poisonous to humans. This morning someone told me about squirrels eating the yew "berries", as if to say therefore they are safe for humans? I hope no thinking naturalists use such an flimsy, unlikely criterion for what we can eat. Regardless, this bush at Main & Oak Ave. is a nice photo-op'. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_M1ai0fhkqCOIQo0B/qZwQw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 17.3px Arial"><b>OCT. 20, = 2010</b> - </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">At the corner of Main = St. and Oak Ave. in Wolfville, there is a tall <b>YEW shrub</b> that is = loaded with pink-red <b>"berries"</b> which, of course, are seeded = cones, since yew is a conifer. And just to the west of there, = toward town, are more yew bushes with these fleshy cones. = Sometimes I go years without seeing any of these on the female bushes, = but for some reason this year, maybe just coincidence, I have now seen = yew "berries" several times. Now let's all check our books on = which parts of yew are very <b>poisonous to humans</b>. This = morning someone told me about squirrels eating the yew "berries", as if = to say therefore they are safe for humans? I hope no thinking = naturalists use such an flimsy, unlikely criterion for what we can = eat.</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family:= Arial; font-size: 17px; ">Regardless, this bush at Main & Oak Ave. = is a nice photo-op'.</span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; = "><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</span></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_M1ai0fhkqCOIQo0B/qZwQw)--
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