... BLACKBERRIES Where abundant ground is available some of the improved blackberries can be grown with advantage, as they yield excellent fruit, while their foliage is also decidedly ornamental. For the liest results moist soil is desirable, but it must ...

... Blackberry Pessimism A teacher sends the following genuine composition of a boy on blackberrying: Before you go you have to know a place, and when you get there someone has generally been before you and picked nearly all of them. When you do get a nice ...

... Blackberry versus Loganberry, The common bramble blackberry of tlio hedgerows of this country astringent and tonic, but it has a large proportion of fibre which reduces its nutritive value. Its hybrid with the raspberry, the loganberry, is usually far ...

... A Farmer’s Appeal. The following appeal to blackberry gathers in a letter to the Midland Daily Telegraph ” by n farmer of considerable interest, and worthy of notice. He writes: The blackberry season has now begun, as farmers well know’ by the gaps in ...

... afford of abundant supply of blackberries. They ore alreadv well formed, and the brambles are laden with fruit. While the drought has played havoc with many of the garden and orchard fruit crops, it is not with blackberries, which promise an early and ...

... A GOOD NUT YEAR. Tli© hedgerciw is yielding wonderful abundance of nuts. Blackberries are on the small side owing, doubt, to the dry season, but wherever the hazel grows nuts are to be had this autumn for the picking. There is in most districts no need ...

... was accidentally killed lightning. THE BLACKBERRY SEASON Blackberries are fairly plentiful this year, and it should possible to make up for any shortage of strawberry and plum jam by every sort and kind of blackberry preserve. When picking the lierries it ...

... The blackberries have now their choice flavour, and melt in the mouth when eaten. looking like ornaments caned in jet as they rock in the autumn winds. Many a village housewife brings a smile to the children’s faces as she places her blackberry pie or ...

... have sent collections to the Infirmary *♦* * « The recent excellent blackberry season appears to have produced one pessimist for the following “ composition ” of a schoolboy on blackberrying is said to quite genuine, viz • Before yon you have to know plac-e ...

... Butterfliee Far* 111. In stormy July weather the butterflies fare ill. Last year, when the blackberry bushes 1 began blooming in the woodland rides, for half the day great tawny silver-washed tritil- I Ir.ries fanned and feasted on their blossoms High-brown ...

... SCHOOL. ■Work proceeding apace on the new County school heyond Eaaington. ••* ♦ • THE BLACKBERRY SEASON. In certain places in the district sufficient proportion of blackberries are ripe enough to make visit with basket worth while next week-end. ♦** * ♦ TRIPS ...

... Tliose eecning bells! How many a tale tltcir music tells. (Moore). THE CHIEF CONSTABLE. If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. (Henry IV.), THE TOWN COUNCILLORS. So are they all, all honourable men. (Julius ...