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Prickly pear
📍 539 Durie Ave, Closter, NJ 07624, USA
🗓 Season: August · September · October
🔍 When is it ripe?
Turns from green to red, orange, or yellow depending on species. Ripe when skin gives slightly and colour is fully developed. Use tongs and burn off the tiny glochid spines with a flame or rub in sand before handling. Sweet, mild flesh.
Cactus like a prickly pear found next to sidewalk in front of office building. Private property. Fruit was still fine in late November.
*different user verifying: still fine May 2023
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