[Leica] IMG: Pokeweed

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Ric.  But the ripe berries are hard to find!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/10/2018 5:42 PM, CartersXRd via LUG wrote:
> great job getting the early berries with pink stems
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> ric
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>> On Aug 10, 2018, at 5:07 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> If one reads the stories  of the American pioneers heading west, one will find frequent mentions of Pokeweed.  The berries are poisonous, but the leaves were eaten for their vitamin content.
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>> In my yard it is a nuisance, cropping up in many border areas. But, if caught in the sunlight, it sort of glows.  As the berries ripen, they turn a purplish black, and are quickly snatched by the birds.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180810-DSCF9218.JPG.html
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>> X-T2 and 55mm Takumar, with CU lens and monopod.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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