... Duchess pears. The English pear-crop large; but, as a rule, the quality is defective. These are many more kinds of English blackberries than is generally supposed. The cut-leaved bramble bears as tine berries any of the boasted American sorts. ...

... good in Germany as it is in Japan the tree will be largely planted in the former country. Warwickshire they think that blackberries ought not to be picked after Michaelmas-day, because on that day Satan has set the mark of his cloven hoof upon them. ...