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    Big Jim: Harvesting saguaro fruit with a guiput

    From the Big Jim: Saguaro fruit harvesting series
    • May 26, 2015
    • May 26, 2015 Updated Jun 22, 2018
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    Jim Griffith shows us how and when to harvest saguaro fruit. This video was made in 2015.

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    Big Jim: Harvesting saguaro fruit with a guiput

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    Big Jim: Saguaro fruit harvesting

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