... BLACKBERRY BLENDS IN SPITE of the long dry summer, the blackberries are in such profusion again this year that I make no apology for returning to this fruit as the basis of an excellent wine. It blends well with elderberry and apple and can be made into ...

... WESTERN MANY gardeners cultivate the blackberry although in Australia it is classified as a noxious weed and rooted out as often as possible. There is quite a significant difference in the flavour of the wild blackberry compared with the cultivated varieties ...

... IT'S BLACKBERRY TIME The Dingles, Pinner, and Jennifer Myers, of 18. Norman-crescent. Pinner. and Trevor Smith, of I, Norman-crescent, took a big basket in anticipation of a good haul. Farewell after 20 years MEMBERS of the Mangy ment and House Comminces ...

... BLACKBERRY 'PORT' WILD blackberries are needed for this recipe. so a trip to a country lane or heath is called for. Make it on a dry day and preferably a sunny one. Gather the largest and juiciest berries that you can find and, as far as possible. collect ...

... BLACKBERRY AND APPLE PANCAKES by Margaret Alden BLACKBERRYING is a thoroughly pleasant pastime, and there is always something special about fruit you have picked yourself. Apples are the seasonable partners for blackberries, and in some dishes it is dessert ...

... Tufty goes to pick blackberries ALWAYS when autumn time came round Mrs. Mole would put in her shop window a poster. This was abOut a competition for the boys and girls to see who could collect the most blackberries. their plastic bags were full up. Harry ...

... WINE FROM GARDEN BLACKBERRIES ALTHOUGH September is traditionally the month for gathering hedgerow blackberries, the cultivated varieties ripen a few weeks earlier. If you can spare some from the blackberry and apple pies and bramble jelly, then do make ...

... Blackberry wine with a 'Burgundy' taste A FEW years ago, statistics were published indicating that some 56 million bottles of Burgundy were consumed in Britain in one year. Authorities in the Bourgogne. however, reported that in that same year they had ...

... picking the berries Paines Lane cemetery if you want to go blackberry picking this autumn Mrs Rosa'md Johnson of Leighton Pinner took her two young chil-Jrcn to the cemetery to pick blackberries was warned off by council worker said they were spraying there ...

... bin in a warm place for 24 hours, while the enzyme dissolves the pectin in the apple juice and blackberries. Add the concentrated grape juice, the blackberry syrup and an activated wine yeast. Replace the cover and ferment on the pulp for three days, keeping ...

... bill to perfection. The blackberry part of the wine is provided from can• This series of articles is wrings by BEN TURNER who has been making wine for over 30 years and has written more than 20 books. ned or bottled blackberries available in grocers and ...

... splendid idea. You collect your seeds. she said. and ni fill the blackberry bag. Very soon all the boys and girls were back with Mrs. Fluffytail with their plastic bags full of blackberries. ...