RE: [CH]V6 #191 Bay Tree

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> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Cameron Begg
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 5:18 AM
> Hi C-H's,
> Michael Bailes (identified himself as someone who does not cook!)
> by writing:
>
> >I have to talk about Bay Trees on a local community TV station.
> >I'm beginning to feel that it is the most useless of herbs.
>
> Those of you who mentioned the plant's insect control properties
> might be interested to know that the leaves contain a very small
> amount of cyanide. When crushed they release sufficient hydrogen
> cyanide to kill butterflies, and were (are?) used in closed

Imagine the headlines if someone inserted the Bay gene for HCN in, say,
corn--Genetically Modified Corn kills butterflies!  Good thing it's natural.
;-)

Riley

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