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Prickly pear
📍 144 Mariners Way, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, 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.
One large Eastern Prickly Pear (Opunti humifusa) on Arden Pl, directly adjacent to the sidewalk near a red pole.
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