27 SEPTEMBER 1913, Page 15

BLACKBERRIES.

[To YEE EDITOR CY THE "SPECTATOR'] SIR,—The charming article on blackberrying and blackberries in the Spectator of September 13th must, I think, have been contributed by a correspondent who is the happy possessor of a mouthful of unimpeachable teeth. Others less fortunate cannot quite endorse her wholesale praise of Mackberry tart. Personally, I think the delicious flavour of the fruit comes out as well in a properly made puree. (By the way, who first gave the whole family of fruit purees the insulting name of "fool "?) As a devotee of bramble jelly (Scotch home-made) I feel quite distressed by the blackberry lady's aspersion of that conserve. It is smooth, full of flavour, and free from