[NatureNS] lots of yew "berries" for Halloween, Wolfville.

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   Jim,
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   &#160;&#160; yew berries are quite sweet. And very definitely edible. Only the seeds are reportedly poisonous, so do make sure you spit them out. i have eaten the berries many times. Years ago I petrified my next-door neighbour while chatting with him over&#160; the low yew fence that separated our properties. I casually put a ripe yew berry into my mouth, and he was convinced that I would die a slow and painful death. I spat out the seed and nothing intoward happened...
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   &#160;&#160; Dusan Soudek
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   <br/>On November 1, 2013 at 1:02 PM &#34;James W. Wolford&#34; &#60;jimwolford@eastlink.ca&#62; wrote:
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       <span style="font: medium Helvetica;">&#34;James W. Wolford&#34; &#60;jimwolford@eastlink.ca&#62;</span>
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       <span style="font: medium Helvetica;">November 1, 2013 12:58:33 PM ADT</span>
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       <span style="font: medium Helvetica;"><strong>[ValleyNature] lots of yew &#34;berries&#34; for Halloween, Wolfville.</strong></span>
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         <span style="font: medium Helvetica;"><strong>lots of yew &#34;berries&#34; for Halloween, Wolfville.</strong></span>
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          <span style="font: medium Helvetica;"><strong>OCT. 31, 2013, ALL HALLOWS EVE (BOO!!)</strong> - On my walk in Wolfville I did my annual check on a <strong>planted tall female yew </strong>bush, and this year it has a bumper crop of lovely but poisonous? <strong>&#34;berries&#34; </strong>that must really be naked cones.&#160; Is it just the seeds that are very <strong>poisonous</strong> (along with other parts of the plant)?&#160; In recent years it has had few to no fleshy cones, but then in some years it produces a vast or mast crop of them.&#160; These &#34;berries&#34; are quite popular fare for certain birds like robins and mockingbirds.&#160; This particular bush is located right on the corner of Main St. and Oak Avenue, Wolfville (east of town).</span>
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         <span style="font: medium Helvetica;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</span>
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