Way off topic - Hedge apples are ripe
Mark Mazer (Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:53:11 PDT)
gloves are
best as the latex is hard to remove and itchy to some. It also destroyed our
dissection scalpels, they latex won't wash off with soap and water, one needs
nasty stuff like acetone to get it off the blades, but then the plastic
handles are weakened. So this year I am going to use a large knife to quarter the
fruits, and plastic disposable knives for the students to pick out the seeds.
Ernie:
Try mineral oil (or peanut butter, but that might prove problematic in your school setting) to remove the sticky substance from the scalpels.
Old fashioned "orange sticks", used to manipulate cuticles during a manicure, were made from osage orange wood.
Cheers,
Mark Mazer
Hertfor4d, North Carolina, USA