... Rubus o(ticus, which, if not actually the blackberry of modern times, was probably similar to it. Then, again, the extract of black- berries is admitted oin all sides to be capable of being transformed into a jelly far surpassing in -xcellence the juice ...

... which will come out clean and fresh. Blackberries are in splendid condition for preserving this year. They make a delicious jelly in conjunction with apples :-Put four pounds of blackberries, and two of cooking apples, peeled and cored, in a ...

... puddings covered with cream, or in the popular jam and jelly. In Scotland the latter always contains-a percentage of apple and occasionally quince or barberry. In Ireland until a few years ago the blackberry hung urnoticed and utiregarded on the hedges, the ...

... eq~uestnian kj a; stusput up to them for less signal services tri g to their fellow mortals than this showe of apples fo o and pears, Jams and jellies. Humanity is be - waking up to the value of fruit as an article of to .diet. In this country at least people ...

... time, when Nature is prodigal of ther stores of apples and pears, plwins, green- ,gages and dalusolls, we are apt, wrrites a Cor- .respondent-Mr. J. Oldfield-to forget the Iclaims of the humble blackberry. It .may .be laid down as a grencral rule, adds ...