The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its thorn-covered small fruit ...

The beloved cactus, nearly 100 years older than Arizona itself, weathered generations of storms and droughts, until it toppled to the ground after August rains.

Silas Garcia, right, pours fresh saguaro cactus fruit onto a strainer as Maria Francisco, left, holds the frame while a youth volunteer looks on during a harvest day by the Tohono Oʼodham people ...