13 Dec 06 05:46, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> I've heard of them, but am unsure if I ever laid eyes on one here.
 RW>> They range from Texas to California and south into Mexico. We have
 RW>> a giant Cholla cactus growing at the gate. The 'pears' are really
 RW>> sweet to eat, kinda like eating rasberry jam. That is, if you can
 RW>> get past the prickly spines.

 RN> That sounds like the banana plants that grow wild around here.  The
 RN> bananas they yeild are much sweeter than the ones you buy at the
 RN> market.

I had a banana tree in California, but it never produced any fruit.

 RW>> Pigskin gloves help a lot.

 RN> I imagine they would.

Actually, they're a requirement when handling them. They also have very
tiny hair-like spines that you can't even see. They're also hard to see
when you're looking for them with a tweezer to pull them out.

               R\%/itt




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