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I don't think I'll be making any jam with them though!
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Nor me, though I have a book somewhere that tells of using them to make a liqueur (along the lines of sloe gin, I seem to remember)
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Just to demonstrate the level of toxicity, the crushed leaves were used in killing jars by butterfly collectors.
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And still are, I think. There are tales on the interweb of tree-surgeons being made ill by the fumes after chipping Cherry Laurel wood.
A plant to admire from a distance
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