[Sca-cooks] Fw: Prickly pear fruit

[Nambeanntan at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/14/2004 12:30:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
chirhart_1 at netzero.net writes:

> how many kinds
> of seed ,no seeds Prickly Pears can there be ?

There are over 350 varieties of Opuntia growing from Canada to Argentina.  
Most have an edible fruit and some have edible pads called nopales or nopalitos. 
 The cactus growing in warmer climates is also a host to an insect related to 
the cochineal, a great source for red dye.

Annan