31 DECEMBER 1910, Page 18

WILD FRUIT ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—An instance of the mildness of the season in the West of England came to my notice on Christmas Day. During a country walk within two miles of Plymouth, my son and I each picked a large ripe hedge-strawberry. I had gathered several in October and November, but scarcely expected to see