... THE BLACKBERRY. The blackberry bush—what a cad it is because it happens to be common in the vegetable world! If it were an exotic, growing here and there, and only growing at all when you nursed it, made much of it, manured it, and all the rest, then ...

... BLACKBERRY PICKING. Owing to the pronounced shortage of other fruits it is of the utmost importance that special efforts be made to fully utilise the abundant blackberry crop,. The Warwickshire schools are responding well to the appeal to pick blackberries ...

... BLACKBERRY CULTURE. A fact not generally known is that the bramble or blackberry is cultivated in some the country, and quite extensively in the United States. That it is worth it seems tb be proved by the fact that many tons of the fruit are imported ...

... AMERICAN BLACKBERRIES. The so-callcd American blackberries are, for the most part, our native bramble lm. proved by cultivation and selection. They are excellent fruits, being heavy croppers and very amenable to almost any soil or situation, AMERIC, but ...

... CULTIVATING BLACKBERRIES. The blackberry is usually considered too wild and oommonplace to include in the list of cultivated fruit, yet its only demerit is its hardy and übiquitous character. But though the bramble may appear at its best, when smothering ...

... AN AMERICAN BLACKBERRY. spoil the flavour of the others. The flavour which makes blackberries so popular is very delicate, and readily deteriorates if strict cleanliness is not observed. Attention to these points makes a great deal of difference to the ...

... BLACKBERRIES FOR ARMY JAM The Difector also drew attention4o a report showing the quantity of blackberries picked by the children of the elementary schools for army jam uuder a . scheme of the Food Production Department, which offered id. per lb. to the ...

... A BLACKBERRY HARVEST. WASTED CROP OF HEDGLROW FRUIT EACH YEAR Thanks to the wonderful summer, following ppon a mild spring, this is going to be a bountiful season for all the wild fruits of the woods and hedgerows. Practically every fruiting tree and ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. CHILDREN AND BLACKBERRIES. (To the Editcr of the Kenilworth Advertiser.). Sir,—The Government has invited the assistance of the public elementary schools of the country to procure as large a supply of blackberries as possible, to be made ...

... BLACKBERRY AND APPLE JAM. Wa.-h and pick your berries carefully. Allow a pound of pared and cored apple (finely cut) to each pound of blackberries. Put a pound of ug a r to every pound of fruit. Place the fruits in your preserving pan with a teacupful ...

... BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM AND LEAVES. Every couturiere has her own ideas on the subject of the adjustment of the sash or girdle, and it is only the most prosaic of these artists who make no effort to introduce some individuality into the scheme. Some of the ...

... ities shall be given to teachers and scholars to assist, and during the blackberry season they will be given special holidays on suitable days to enable the available crops of blackberries to be gathered. The honorary county organiser of the schent, , for ...