... THE BLACKBERRY HEDGE. The children wise, With sharp, eager eyes, Are watching the blackberry hedge. Fine clusters quite full, Soon ready to pull, Are bending the blackberry hedge While mother need, Those young mouths t,o feed, Depends the blackberry hedge ...

... THE BLACKBERRY HARVEST Two hundred and fourteen tons of blackberries were gathered in Essex last autumn, mainly school children, and £fi,ooo were paid to the pickers. In the Maldon Rural District harvest was 35 tons cwt.; Chelmsford Rural District, 11 ...

... THE BLACKBERRY PICKERS. We're out to help the soldiers who fight across the sea.. Who brave hundred dangers each day for you and me; Our gathering will soon result in having jam they need, All schools are asked to help them on, and ours must taki the ...

... PARSNIP OR BLACKBERRY? u NF ortunate mixture. At Colchester on Tuesday, before R. B. BjE-urd (the Mayor), E. H. Barritt, E. A. . Fx. said defendant was hang, , recognise that it was witness who I i gave corroborative evidence, I t.. » said, in cross-examina- ...

... PARSNIP BLACKBERRY AN UNFORTUNATE MIXTURE. At Colchester on Tuesday, before K. B. Beard (the Mayor), F. H. Barritt, E. A. Hunt, and R. Bultitude, Fsqrs., Arthur Senior, of Maldon Road, described as of occupation, was charged with having been druuk whilst ...

... care must be taken to prevent damage. The jam centres will pay round about 3d. per lb. lor the blackberries, and are preparing to make a record stock of blackberry .and apple jam for the winter. ...

... AND BLACKBERRY PICKING. Sib,— Why should the Essex county Council desire to rob the poor of one oi the very few privileges yet left to them is it not a dog in the manger spirit that prompts them, they do not. I suppose, purpose gathering all the wild ...

... DEATH WHILE BLACKBERRYING. TRAGIC AFFAIR AT BURSTEAD. Quite a gloom has come over Great Burstead the tragic death of Mrs. Smith, tl« wife of Mr. Arthur Smith, wheelwright, of the village. On Tuesday morning, Mrs. Smith left her home for the purpose of ...

... THE BLACKBERRY HARVEST IN ESSEX. PICKERS PAID £6.000. Details just hand the results of the Government black berrying scheme carried Essex last autumn are highly interesting and instructive Four boroughs, urban districts, and rural districts b«k part in ...

... USEFUL RECIPES FOR BLACKBERRIES DESPITE a lack of sun, wild blackberries are ripening fast. Bottled, and stored in the larder, they will make a most useful addition to the menu during the winter when fruit is short. Here, to refresh your memory, are a ...

... BLACKBERRIES FOR THE BUNGED SOLDIERS. WiH sympathisers with our men who have been blinded in the war, for sake those at home, send many blackberries as possible to tbe Steward. Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel. St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park, London ...

... ESSEX BLACKBERRY CROP. The official particnLars of the bhickbesries collected in the county of Essex show that 220 tons were collected in Essex under the scheme organised by the Ministry of Food. Of that quantity 135 tons were dealt with at Messrs. Wilkin ...