Editing Caper (section)

=== Harvest ===
Caper buds are usually picked in the morning.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Au3RBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|title=Top 100 Exotic Food Plants|last=Small|first=Ernest|date=2011-08-23|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1439856888|location=Boca Raton, Florida|pages=121–123|language=en}}</ref> Because the youngest, smallest buds fetch the highest prices, daily picking is typical.<ref name=":0" />

Capers may be harvested from wild plants, in which case it is necessary to know that the plant is not one of the few poisonous ''Capparis'' species that look similar.<ref name=":0" /> The plant normally has curved thorns that may scratch the people who harvest the buds, although a few spineless varieties have been developed.<ref name=":0" />