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A Rare Metal

... honey, for a month after marriage. A wawa blackberry is reported from Basta Boss, California. It has been grown by a wellknown breeder of new fruits, Mr. Luther Burbank, and is a cross from the Lawton blackberry. It is called the iceberg, and is hardy ...

Published: Friday 25 September 1903
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 552 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

STSGING FOR. SOME FOOD

... quiet meal. Deep in the contents their nosebags, they seemed scarcely to notice a li.t.le bird perched upon a gay-coloured blackberry branch which trailed across the fence beside them. But the little songster sang on, a merry joyous strain, making music ...

Published: Friday 13 May 1904
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 331 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CLARA'S LESSON

... CLARA'S LESSON. One day in autumn Clara was blackberrying in a country field, when her dress caught on a brier and was torn. When she returned home her mother told her to mend it. Clara, not thinking of the rule which says A stitch in time saves nine ...

Published: Friday 14 October 1904
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 191 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SOWHING FOR YOUNG FOLKS

... saucer of blackberries. The visitor stopped about three fe•e•t away from Kittle, and, turning his black head from side to side, looked at her as if he• were wondering if it would sate to get any closer. Kitts• efrop-p•d a large blackberry on th' stone ...

Published: Friday 04 November 1904
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1862 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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... generally effective. as is whitewashing the bushes in autumn with 2 lbs. of quicklime to one gallon aster. Blackberries. —Many of the American blackberrie• are excellent fruits. Strong, well drained clay soils are best, but the plants thrive almost anyehe-s ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1904
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1498 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MIS FROM BOOKS

... s clustered cups. Now, midway between these 'great feasts of the growing and the waning year, comes the festival of the blackberry lowers; and the entomologists kuow that it is of little use to tempt the moths with sugar so Ling as tile bramble is in ...

Published: Friday 14 July 1905
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 246 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE WHISTLE

... THE LITTLE WHISTLE. They were picking blackberries on the western slope of the old pasture. and Benny had a small tin pail tied to his belt. He was not picking many berries, and those he found soon went to his mouth: but Katy and Helen were industriously ...

Published: Friday 03 November 1905
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 606 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

PRUNING COMMON FRUIT TREES

... of the top open by removing eroaded limbs and such misplaced ones as nom the head or rub against other branches. Pruning Blackberries.—lt is very i nportain to pinch off the tops of the causes as soon as they become from 18 to 24 inahe-6 high in summer ...

Published: Friday 09 February 1906
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 841 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DURATION AND YIELD OF FRUITS

... profitable until from 25 to 40 years of age. A mature tree averages 25 to 40 bushels of fruit every alternate year. Blackberries.—Blackberry plantation. usually remain profitable from five to ten years longer than raspberries. The average yield under good ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1906
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1264 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HORTICULTURE. couourr. If any reader who is in a difficulty with reference ED unwacs v. Datum. to his garden will

... nir : 41 placed ones as cro,a th e head or rub against, other D. B. Yarnell, a J. Sturrook, b Muirhead 12 branches. Blackberries.—lt is very important to pinch off J. J. Canwron, b Rain swor th 16 the tops of canes as soon as they become from 18 ...

Published: Friday 18 May 1906
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1022 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A NONSENSE JINGLE

... We'd lie on the ground in the summer time And melt and melt and melt. It the world was a field of gold Ind the gold was blackberry pie. We'd save up our pennies in autumn time And buy and buy and buy. If all the world were blade. , of grass And all the ...

Published: Friday 27 July 1906
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 7 | Tags: none