Scientist Busy Identifying Poisonous Seeds . .
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Pretty little red and black
seeds used to decorate costume
jewelry, which turned out to be
deadly poisonous, have triggered
a deluge of mail and phone
calls to the U S Department of
Agriculture scientist who pin
pointed the danger.
Dr. Charles R Gunn, a taxon
omist in USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service, noticed the
seeds while Christmas shopping
He notified the store manager
after verifying that the seeds
were indeed poisonous. The
management immediately with
drew the jewelry from sale at
all its outlets and publicly an
nounced its search to retrieve
pieces already sold
Since then, from all over the
country, items containing sus
pect seeds and loose seeds have
been pouring in for identifica
tion to Dr Gunn’s office at Belts
ville, Md
A typical case involving the
seeds included a visit to Belts
ville by Mrs Harold Feeney, Jr,
of Alexandria, Va She found
suspicious seeds that had spilled
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fiom a dned gouid broken in
play by her son. The gourd,
which had been made into a
percussion mstiument called a
maraca, was one of a pan or
souvenirs that had lam In the
child’s toybox for over ? year
The 2-year-old had already vis
ited the family doctor and had
hi c stomach emptied on the
chance that he may have eaten
some of the seeds Dr Gunn
was asked to identify them and
he verified that each of the ma
racas held a good-sized handful
of the attractive and deadly peas
The seed causing all the con
cern is named Abrus precatori
us, Latin for prayeiful because
the plant’s leaves fold at night
It’s also called the jequirity pea,
but is best known as the rosary
pea, so named because of its for
mer use in Catholic and Bud
dhist prayer beads.
When chewed and swallowed,
a single losary pea can kill a
small child, and only two ounc
es would kill a horse Ingesting
the pea would be especially dan
gerous in this country since
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theie is no leadily available an
tidote.
The plant glows in the tiopics
and subtiopics, including Floii
da. So far, seeds have been
found in necklaces, bracelets,
decorative wreaths, maracas,
and even in a baby lattle Most
ly the items containing the dead
ly seeds have originated in
South Ameuca, the Carnbbean,
Hawaii, and southern Florida
Though it has several look
alikes, the rosary pea can easily
be identified It is bright red
with a black end and is oblong,
measuring about a quarter of an
inch from end to end The
lulum, the little dent wheie the
seed was attached to its pod, is
located along the edge in the
black area Other seeds that
closely lesemble the rosaiy pea,
while similar in color, usually
aie larger and the hilum always
is located in the red portion.
In the public interest, Dr
Gunn has said that he will ac
cept all queries and make iden
tifications of any suspect seeds
sent to him
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Boil until it forms soft ball in
cold water, remove from heat
and add 2 heaping tablespoons,
cocoa and 2 tablespoons of
maishmellow whip Stir and
pour in greased pan
Mix sugar, shortening and
flour Keep 1 cup crumbs out for
topping Take 1 cup buttermilk
and mix in soda Add enough
additional butteimilk to make it
the consistency of cake batter
Pour into pans, add ciumbs on
top and sprinkle with nutmeg
Bake in a 350 degree oven un
til brown.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,1969
CRUMB CAKE
cups sugar
cup lard or shortening
cups flour
teaspoon soda
Buttermilk or sour milk
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1019% BAA
97 7% BAA
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catching a sleeve on the hand
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Tighten utensil handles legu
larly and leplace them as need
ed
Stoie knives and can openers
in a safe place and use them
cai ef ully.
Store sharp knives sepaiately
and use a cutting boaid when
ever possible
When using a sharp knife, cut
away fiom yourself
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