Big Jim: Saguaro fruit harvesting
Revisit a couple of Jim Griffith's stories on the harvesting of saguaro fruit.
(3) updates to this series since Updated
In the Tohono O’odham calendar, June is “Saguaro Fruit Month.” As I write this, waxy white blossoms are appearing on many of the saguaros in o…
What to do with the saguaro fruit once it’s picked? As I wrote earlier, you can just eat the pulp — it’s wonderfully sweet. My wife likes to s…
Jim Griffith shows us how and when to harvest saguaro fruit. This video was made in 2015.
One day in July, 1937, Howard O. Welty, a hard-working young reporter for the Tucson Citizen, found himself frustrated by the lack of interest…
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