Just checking my Blackberry

[British Red]

Reubens Blackberry by British Red, on Flickr

Yep, big and juicy

 

[Harvestman]

My that's a big one!

 

[Goatboy]

Named for the painter of properly sized ladies?...
Looks voluptious and tasty.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[topknot]

Those will nice in apple pies etc

Topknot

 

[British Red]

Has to be crumble

 

[Goatboy]

Pear & bramble crumble with custard. Oooooh! I'm off to lie down after thinking about that.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

Very nice! The blackberries round here this year have been appalling. So have the raspberries

I was given a couple of punnets of strawberries today by a customer though and they are the nicest looking and tasting I think I have ever seen. I think he grows them commercially! I am yet to find out.

 

[British Red]

I am growing these. Not enough wild brambles here, and I do like blackberries.

 

[bigbear]

Interesting......we have blackberries on our allotment which were there when we took it over. We also pic wild ones from the same place every year.
The ones on our plot are huge, like Red has, the wild ones this year small and not as flavoursome. I guess the allotment berries are a commercial bred strain, and thats why they have done so mich better this year, as I dont really look after them.

 

[dwardo]

There was a great "natural Histories" episode on the beeb recently about brambles. Still on iplayer i think Red look it up.

Fascinating to know we have over 300 different verities in the UK alone.

 

[British Red]

That sounds fascinating. Salt cured bramble cordage is amazing stuff. They used to see skeps with it.