4 OCTOBER 1913, Page 32

"BLACKBERRY FOOL."

[To THE EDITOR cm TH. "Srsonsos.") SIR,—Yonr correspondent of September 27th, who so rightly extols the merits of " blackberry fool" or puree asks, "Who first gave the whole family of fruit purees the insulting name of 'fool' ? May I suggest the usually accepted derivation of the word from the French foul, i.e., crushed, milled, pressed, which method of preparation differentiates it from ordinary

"stewed fruit "P—I am, Sir, &c-, R. G. HAYWARD. 23 The Grange, Wimbledon Common.