... -OW -^J&^r BlMBLWiriC 'Ns kV ryi-t X l*fi IRISH AIR THE BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM. When I was but a weesliy boy, My mother's pride, my father's joy, My hands and mouth had full employ When blackberries were ripe. And oft my mammy she would squeeze The thorns ...

... GATHERING BLACKBERRIES. Gun picture is a reminiscence. Tho young lady is ex- ceediuglyfortunato, or she has found a pla.e where black berries are not only to be gathered, but have been left to ripen. It is not, we fancy, very near one of the large towns ...

... BLACKBERRY •I, AL Ait VALi. Bay Ltal ' l - 741aaa Gitucaits 11. Tiulasesse I HUNTINGDON. 2.15 RAMSEY ABBEY PLATE 4103 ; for Five Mi. W. a ANNANDALE, .. I Mr. T. Pr bCt . 11 RESTORAT 131 b —Field 2 • SERENA 8. .T. I aAtes Mr. IL k. beddirigton's A tortunt ...

... THE BLACKBERRY. The best of our hedge fruite, the blackberry, only wants a few days’ more sunshine to ripen. The crop will be tremendous. Until lately the hedgerows in places were white over with the silky blossom. I bave once before pointed to the Lawton ...

... Blackberrying. VERY shortly the blackberrying season will be in full swing, the berries being forward in many parts of the country. Those who indulge in picnics, with the additional interest of picking the berries, will find the various open and closed ...

... BLACKBERRY JAR In this week's .• !wee' giem the following excellent recipe for making blackberry Jam: only keeps well if the: fruit is Perfectly dry and fresh. After picking from the stalks, weigh the fruit, and allow there -quarter% of • of sugar to ...

... BLACKBERRY syrup. With some lump sugar rasp off all the yellow from three lemons. Then slice up the fruit and squeeie out all the juice. Tut this on the sugar and add ground ginger and mixed sweet spice to form paste, which then put into a deep earthenware ...

... Blackberry Jelly. PRETTY HATS FOR THE AUTUMN. Put twelve pounds of blackberries into the oven, and when partly cooked, squeeze the juice. OCT. 14, 1899 Pond Mother (listening to baby’s cries) : Wliat svecttoned voice she has, dear ! She’ll be a splendid ...

... Blackberry Pie Or pudding i* also excellent, either using the blackberries alone in conjunction with apples. The latter impart a flavour and piquancy which many appreciate greatly. Blackberry Cake le well known, I daresay, most of my northern reader* ...

... BLACKBERRY JAM Weigh the berries, put them ia a presurvlagpia. sad cruel' thus tit a pulp. Bail Sweaty ail:lutes, removing all soma ae it rime : add threequarters of a of sugar to mob pound of sag boil for tea or till or Mill or clesirocL ...

... the kingdom blackberry gathering on a large scale relieves the strain on his monetary resources. northern paper reports that a ton of the fruit now reaches Wigton daily, chiefly for conversion into jam at a local factory. But the blackberry has also come ...

... Blackberry epicures. THE blackberry crowd was very much in evidence last Sunday, and whole hosts of wheelmen were to be seen wending their homeward way heavily burdened, more or less, with juicy bundles of the ripe black fruit in basket, bag, or—for want ...