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Was this not a breach of anti-competition laws. Safeway’s criticism of the Chamber of Trade and Civic Society ..

... contempt for their customers by needlessly withdrawing from their shelves at a number of stores such items as apple and blackberry yoghurts, a certain brand of Danish bread and Delight, etc, which is not a very delightful situation. Their attitude was ...

Published: Thursday 26 August 1999
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

By AO FARMER

... By AO FARMER How many can recall the horrors or delights of the autumn term holiday known as Potato or Blackberry week, when hordes of children helped the national effort by hand-picking potatoes. Delightful maybe, if the weather was fine and dry - horrible ...

Published: Thursday 18 May 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Qeas Deasy,

... Qeas Deasy, Today I went picking blackberrieg far far Qway in a fielq | found q Cup with noth. ing inside so | Put my blackberries inside and now jt's full to the top. If I eat tog many blackberrieg 1 feel sick. Two days later a ghost came into the barn ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 135 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

fruit

... now to avoid it. Raspberry beetle is the culprit and despite the name it also causes damage on other cane fruits such as blackberry and lo%znberry. An old gardening friend with a scientific %em ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Farmers put their wares on sale at first market

... offered a fine array of goods including free range eggs, fresh apple juice, organic fruit and veg, honey, strawberries and blackberries, bread, cakes made from rape seed, plants and even garden furniture. Alnwick District Council was responsible for developing ...

Published: Thursday 29 July 1999
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

News from around the district

... Roman occupation to mark boundaries. They harbour insects which predate on garden pests. They can be a source of wine, sloe, blackberry and elderberry. Every type of hedgerow shrub has been used, eg. rosehips for syrup, willows for salysilic acid (aspirin) ...

Published: Thursday 25 May 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 599 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

EATING OUT WITH JILL HARRISON A meal that deserved to be enjoyed slowly

... sense here of what is right both in taste and appearance. This was borne out again in the puddings, almond and apricot or blackberry and apple flan, rice pudding, ice creams, chocolate meringue roulade and strawberry pie. | chose the meringue which was ...

Published: Friday 29 January 1999
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 762 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GARDENING WITH TOM PATTINSON Prickly solution to stop the Yobbo vandali S

... crushing its applescented leaves between finger and thumb, be warned, there are thorns on the underside. Cultivated thornless blackberries are not the “in thing” for security conscious gardeners. They plant in strategic places, ‘Fantasia’, which has at once ...

Published: Friday 30 April 1999
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1031 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Feast of autumnal fruits

... for growth in our gardens. “Ah but you can’t beat the wild fruits for taste” is a cry often heard when huge cultivated blackberries such as Fantasia are brought into the conversation. Listen to someone who has grown it in the garden for years and they ...

Published: Thursday 16 November 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1129 | Page: 26 | Tags: none