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To: patriot08

No, digitalis comes from foxgloves. Nightshades have a different poison, but its not always found throughout the plant. Tomatoes and potatoes are safe, but not the tomato-like berry from the potato plant.

There is a dark purple or black nightshade berry that’s edible, but I’m not ready to gamble on which one it is yet.


228 posted on 02/15/2009 9:15:14 AM PST by Ellendra (Most eco-freaks wouldn't know nature if it bit them on the butt . . . and it often does!)
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To: Ellendra

Exactly. They are not all poisonous.

In fact when I first started gardening and noticed them, I was ready to swear they were some kind of mutant tomato.

Personally, I would stay away from them unless it was my last resort - but as I said, I have eaten them and they are very, very close to tomatoes.

Good thing they’re so tiny and you get less from eating them than you get from finding and chewing them.

I wonder if it’s possible to hybridizr them with tomatoes?


229 posted on 02/15/2009 12:21:47 PM PST by djf
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