... the rhubarb, the gooseberry, and the blackberry. There seems no good reason for neglectin'? the first two, at least. The peasants have nicknamed the blackberry the “devil’s fruit,’’ and they swear that a poison. Rhubarb is grown in convent gardens for medicinal ...

... BLACKBERRIES AT CHRISTMAS. During tho past fortnight numerous roses and other flowers which are usually associated with summer and the early autumn have been brought to this office in proof of the remarkable mildness of the season. In many districts in ...

... BLACKBERRYING RUSH. There is a rush of Londoners to the Ken:. Commons, where blackberries are ripe and abundant. Along, the public footpath in wood Park, Keston, a bushel of ripe, juicy fruit was picked by one party yesterday morning, and children ate ...

... BLACKBERRY JAM. Gather the fruit in dry weather, allow half a pound of good brown sugar to every pound of fruit; boil the whole together gently for an hour, or till the blackberries are soft, stirring and mashing them well. Put in small jars and tie down ...

... Blackberry Mould. Put a pound of ripe blackberries into a pudding basin, place this in a larger one of hot water, put a plate on tire top, and let it remain in the oven until the fruit is soft. Press out all the juice and mix it with rather more than ...

... Blackberry Jelly. Take twelve pounds of ripe blackberries, pick clean, and place in a deep jar, tnen tie a paper over and place in rather hob oven for three-quarters of an hour to draw syrup from them. Then press through a hair-sieve to get out all the ...

... who have something to lose, the great landowners, and if they get back for next blackberry time they must not step ofl the path to pick a few, or perhaps instead blackberries getting upset and trampled on they themselves might stand the, chance. —Youth ...

... Blackberry Jam. A Mother (Abbeydale).—This will be found cheap and wholesome preserve, and mixed with apples will be greatly relieved the insipid flatness frequently complained of. Any sharp-flavoured apple will do. but the Wellington or JJumdoro’s seedling ...

... BLACKBERRY PRICES. Jam Manufacturers to Pay 4jd. Pound, Jam manufacturers will have to pay 4iA. • pound for blackberries, under tho Order which is be issued in a few days. also fixes maximum retail price of 4d. to consunwrs. The extra halfpenny is to ...

... WHOSE BLACKBERRIES? Sir,—l at loss to know why the fanner should lie angry if Anxious,’' and his two did him no harm. fanner of many yearn’ standing, and I have never refused people to blackberrying if they closed the gates after them and did not break ...

... Blackberry Jelly. Put the fruit in a stone jar; set the jar in a pot of cold water; put a few small sticks the bottom of the pot to keep the jar from breaking. When the water boils around the jar, and the fruit is soft, take it out and squeeze out the ...

... BLACKBERRY WINE put any quantity of blackberries into a jar or pan, cover thorn with booling water, and allow them to stand in a cool oven all night to draw out the juioe; or they may be mashed with hand, which is even better though very much more' t ...