... or rowans? Pick a large cluster or two of the fruit to make a jelly in the usual manner adding not to too much chopped crab apple to provide the pectin The result is a deep orange jelly which is superb with a well-hung pheasant And when you are all enjoying ...

... knows - the blackberries have not only arrived early this year but due to the combination of scorching sun followed by torrential rain they are as big and as shiny as lumps of steam engine coal Some of 'em are so big you can gnaw 'em like an apple and let ...