... for Ireland, for obtaining best results from the blackberry crop; but here the great bulk of it is left to the dirds, +> become seedy or to rot. Can there be any- thing nicer than blackberry and apple jelly? I have heard it remarked—it requires so mucn eucar ...

... been a quince season. How the old housewives made quince jam and jelly. Where do we meet with it now? The hedgerows are veritably black with the blackberries, and there are very few crab apples to boil down with them into that rich jam. Are our seasons getting ...

... ripening. Therefore, it»will have to be blended ciders instead of blended apples. There is every indication of a huge blackberry crop, and this leads to a strong demand for sour oF jam apples, and it is these that are so deficient this year, so that prices should ...

... prospect of an abnor mal blackberry crop. Stewed biackberries, wit! cream, form a very able and wholesom dish. To some persons, however, the seeds ar apt to cause a little irritation. This can b easily obviated by putting the blackberries i @ preserving pan ...

... race; an arithmetic face; an obstacle cycle race for ladies; a cos- tume cycle race; an apple race, in which com- petitors had to run fifty yards, take out an apple from a bucket. of water with their teeth, and to run back again; and a tug of war for married ...