... BLACKBERRIES. Many of the American blackberries are excellent fruits. Strong, well-drained clay soils are best:; but the plants thrive almost anywhete. Where possible, a cool exposure is desirable. | On good soils no manure will be needed until the plants ...

... utumn has always been that it brings the blackberry season. There are, I think, few outings comparable to an afternoon picking blackberries. It ts true, of that you get scratches, but who would be a real blackberry picker without the ecars of the trade And ...

... BLACKBERRIES, Then, too, September is the month for blackberrying, and even at this early date they are quite plentiful. The lanes are tilled with children busy gathering the fruit which is to be converted into the most delicious of preserves. The occupation ...

... Blackberry Red Currant „ Black Currant Jelly „ ...

... Blackberries. Many people like apples and brambles mixed. 'The subjoined is condensed trom The Spinning Wheel : —Blackberries cooked in any way are one of the greatest treats that can be provided for children, and, like treacle, form useful medicines ...

... Blackberries For convenient gathering, trailing blackberries can be planted against a s.,ift. wooden cross, and trained up wires run down from the arms. They can be planted in almost any soil that isn't too wet. Plant in rows north to south, Himalayan ...

... The blackberry bush takeover Q: I have some blackberry bushes on my allotment which have completely taken over. They are in two big patches 12ft. by Bft. in depth and are covering paths and encroaching on surrounding gardens. I do not want to get rid ...

... Still, hope remained, for no greengrocer could say “Oh, dear, no,” when it came to blackberry season. Bramble jelly for Junior. , . Blackberries bottled for blackberry-and-apple pies and puddings. They would see us through the winter when we went agathering ...

... them. There are still plenty of hips and haws, and the blackberries are nob yet over. There are still luxuriant trails of berries, red and black, which have not been picked ; but I suppose blackberries are quite, unseasonable now. In regard to this delicious ...

... BLACKBERRIES. The mild weather has resulted in a large amount of blackberries ripening. The fruit is big and luscious, but the birds will not touch it. There is an old country superstition that after 29 Sept. the fruit is accursed for on that date the ...

... The Blackberry It is very important to pinch off the tops o! the blackberry canes soon as they become from 18 to 24 inches »n summer The old canes should cut avsney after fruiting, recommended for rasf^jerr'es. ...

... Blackberries. tlu* supply cultivutocl fruits is, there* is always room for more. Not that variety is what re(piiml, that fancy may satisliiMl appears to the cause. Although there is now ample supply of plums the market, ami at extremely reasonable prices ...