... cultivated soil. The wild blackberry, the cutleaved variety (the parsley-leaved blackberry), Himalaya berry and the American varieties are dessert as well as culinary fruits. The parsley-leaved blackberry has similar sized fruits to, but tinier pips than ...

... BLACKBERRY JAM Use half a pound of brown sugar to each pound of fruit, and boil the whole tégethgl‘ gentlyfo'r —one hour or until the blackberries are soft, stirring and mashing them well. ...

... BLACKBERRY JELLY Pick over and wash the blackberries, place them in a preserving pan and stand over moderate heat, crushing and stirring with a wooden spoon. Put through a jelly bag to drain the juice and replace in the preserving pan, adding a pound ...

... BLACKBERRY MOULD Soak two and a half ounces of sago in a pint of water for an hour or so. Place in a pan with a pound of blackberries and stew slowly. Add sugar to sweeten, then turn into a mould, and leave until firmly set. Turn out and serve with custard ...

... BLACKBERRY PUDDING 1 SIX sponge cakes, one pound of , ripe blackberries, sugar to sweeten, | half a pint of custard. Stew the ‘;bluckberries with enough sugar to sweeten. Cut the sponge cakes into Ithin slices and line the mould with | these. Put in some ...

... TEMPTING WAYS WITH BLACKBERRIES By Mary Elms BLACKBERRY MERINGUE Half a pound of blackberries, one egg, one dessertspoonful of cornflour, half a gill each of water and milk., three dessertspoonfuls of sugar. Add the water and two dessertspoonfuls of the ...

... APPLE AND BLACKBERRY SPONGE Half a pound of cooking apples, half a pound of blackberries, four tablespoonfuls of flour, two small teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of margarine, two tablespoonfuls of castor sugar, ons beaten egg, sugar ...

... BLACKBERRY ROLY-POLY Roll out one and a half pounds of suet crust ag for a roly-poly. Cover with blackberries, sprinkle with sugar, and roll up. Put into a cloth and boil for two and a half hours. Serve with thin custard sauce. —Evelyn Fern ...

... EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD BLACKBERRY JELLY Remove the stalks from six pounds of blackberries and place in a preserving pan with a pint of water. Boil gently for some 20 minutes and, when the fruit is tender, mash it thoroughly. Leave the pulp to drip al] ...

... BLACKBERRY TIME IS HERE By Eva Willis Blackberries, together with raspberries, bilberries and gooseberries. are remarkable for the amount of free acid they contain, which causes their juices to be of immense service in refreshing the system and keeping ...

... BPLACKBERRY AND PEAR SALAD Haltf a pound of ripe blackberries, three ripe pears, some sponge fiilger§ and macarcons, a little whipped cream. sugar and chopped walnuts, the juice of half a lemon, Stew the blackberries with sugar to taste. Peel the pears and cut ...

... pour into pots and tie down. Thig will be found much superior to jam, Blackberry Cordia] makes a delightful drink fo, winter nights, ‘when coughs ang coldg persist. Place the blackberries (which have been rubbed in a clean cloth) in a stone Jar, standing ...