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... and in parts of New South WVales the blackberry is so prcfhlic that the fruit is gathered by the ton, in place of the bushel or hundred-weight iwithwhich English blackberry gatherers are familiar. The blackberry is linest and most abundant on the coast ...

... By culinary arts, unsavoulry deema. In most parts of England blackberry-picking ends at Michaelmas, for a very quaint reason. Ore Michaelmas Day, so rune the rural bolief, the blackberry passes under the dominion of tho devil. It is extraordinary tu ...

... the blackberries ttNlU Blackberry Spongo. the Soak half a packet of gelatiu m ie firettb lent spoonfuls of cold water twenty millut 3t over it two cupfols of boiling water anti ?? tablespoonfuls ot sugar, and, then stir ia r cupful of blackberry jii- ...

... cultivate blackberries, I should be glad to know if the fern-leaf blackberry of the nurseryman produces better fruit on sand than the common, and if there is any drawback to growing the fern-leaf blackberry in places where the common blackberry grows ? ...

... something more difficult of -attaileent; asig ti may perhaps serve to account for the non-uittyatio of the homely blackberry. That''the blackberry. s of a hardy nature everyone knows, and at its heat is superior to the sloe, the crab, or any other wild fruit ...

... cover the basin over with a cloth and leave the blackberries thus for one and a-half or two -days, stirring them every now and again. On the day the jam is to be made strain the juiee of the blackberries through a hair sieve; then put it into a preserv- ...

... romances to delight them and pass away the happy hours ? This is the blackberry season. Among the rich and russet autumnal tints stands out prominently the foliage of the blackberry so often used by gardeners in table decoration, but the delight of the ...

... devil cast his club over the blackberries before the month of September was out, then expect a bad winter, said our oracles. The 'devil's club is an early frost whioh spoils in a single night the whole crop of blackberries, and is considered, apart from ...

... parsley, garden Daraley, grass and elover, dandelion, sow-thistle, chicory, lettuce, radish tops, bog-weed, groumdsel, blackberry leaves, and cabbage. And for roots,. carrots, parsnips, mangolds, swedes. and turnips. Hedge-parsley is much valued by many ...

... trade might be driven in these wild berries, bringing in money anO pleasure to village folk, for ev ry child loves blackberry jam, and blackberry pudding is food lor the gods when eaten with thick yellow cream. Here is a clear case of wastefulness. Butter ...

... for sore throats it is deservedly esteemed, and there are graver maladies wvhich blackberry jelly is said to relieve. Blackberry Wine.-Put anly quantity of blackberries into a jar, cover them with boiling water, and allow them to stand in a cool oven ...