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FIELD AND HEDGEROW HARVESTS

... of yore, but blackberry picking is generally free from restrictions, and is widely carried on, especially in the manufacturing and industrial parts the country. The crop this year is record one, and as there is also an abundance of apples, the housewife ...

FOOD THAT IS FREE COUNTRY HOUSEWIVES COME INTO THEIR OWN AGAIN

... late autumn. Wild strawberries will make a jam that is like no other. Bilberries, whortieberries, wild plum, and bullace follow in succession, and afterwards the best-known of all, the blackberry. Wild crab apple should be picked as soon as the frost has ...

Published: Friday 13 September 1940
Newspaper: Wolverton Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 284 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

KING’S

... berries have arrived at general state of ripe fruitage. Blackberrying has a great fascination for many. Apart from the gastronomic pleasure of enjoying the blackberry and apple pie or the home-made jam which the pastime eventually affords it is an enjoyable ...

ITALY STARVING

... including one the hounds the grounds of Mussolini’s Villa Borghesc. of TOO blackberry from Fire valued £20,000. havu been sbip'lM'd British factories making blackberry and apple jam for the trpupa. ...

Published: Friday 01 October 1943
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Brackley

... Law] beans; Mrs. Kirby, cabbages and carrots; Mrs. Bolton, apples; Mrs. plums ; Mr. Branson] sugar, cake, cauliflowers; Francis, books, toys] jig-saws ; Mrs. Hall, blackberries ; Mrs. Muddiman] jam ; Mrs. Bazeley. potatoes, onions and flowers ; Mrs. Bobbins ...

Bap and ri are early,

... berries—l mean raspberries blackberries, bilberries, gooseberries, currants and, what is unlike them, stalks of rhubarb ; and from the cheapness of sugar, they are easily preserved in jams. The Germans live largely on jams, and so shall we when we are ...

Published: Saturday 22 May 1875
Newspaper: Buckingham Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 347 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SOME USEFUL RECIPES

... one and of apples to every three pounds of blackberries, and three-quarters of a pound of sugar to every pound of tbe mixed fruit. Peel. core, and slice the apples thinly and place in the preserving pan with the blackberries. Boil till the ...

THE RECTOR’S QUESTION

... Mr. Brooks, flowers; Miss White, grapes; Mrs. Hicks, apples; Mrs. Jeffers, blackberries; Mr. A. E. Bryant, blackberries; Mrs. Wood, Padbury, harvest loaf; Mrs. Jones, Gawcott, cake; Mrs. Owen, jam. All gifts were distributed among the patients during ...

Win i) if IiViMEN FRENCH WEEK-END

... Brittany to look forward to. . . . • HATE PIPS? Love blackberry and apple jam hut hate all those pips? Then take .1 tip from a friend of mine—and sie‘e the fruit. ( (x)k the apples and blackberries ...

Published: Friday 15 October 1965
Newspaper: Buckinghamshire Examiner
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 733 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BUCK ANGHAM SHOW

... received'an order from Messrs. Kobertson Jam Factory, Catford, for many tons ol blackberries and lorries laden with the fruit, together with crab apples, leave his premises at 3 a.m. and are undergoing the jam making process at Catford 10 a.m. the same ...

GIFTS FOR HOSPITAL

... Chesham Rover Boy Scouts; blackberries, vegetables and flowers, Ley Hill Women's Institute; apples, Mrs. Gillan, Mrs. Crabb, Ashley Green Gymkhana; vegetables, fruit, jam and groceries, Broadway Baptist Church; fruit, vegetables, jam and eggs, Hinton Church ...

Published: Friday 29 September 1933
Newspaper: Buckinghamshire Examiner
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 327 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A CHARMING AUTUMN PICTURE

... Sunday, included maize grown the Buckingham StatiOnmastcr, home-made toffee, jam, blackberries. bananas, tomatoes, mince pies, potatoes, marrows, sheaves of corn, eggs, apples, pears, numerous varieties of vegetables and a beautiful assortment autumn flowers ...