If the strawberry, with its combined tartness, sweetness,
brilliance yet shyness of beauty may be regarded as a
feminine type the blackberry may as truly be said to possess
masculine characteristics. The blackberry vine’s vigour,
its happy-go-lucky, sturdy habit of growth, its wandering
prodigality, its riotous, rollicking insistence of right-to-be,
and thorny defence against aggression are marked traits
(modified, of course, by training) of the ‘‘eternal boy.”’
The blackberry and strawberry might well be considered
brother and sister since both belong to the Rose Family.
The blackberry (Rubus) shows in its generic and ‘‘nick”’
names similar Roman and Anglo-Saxon associations, Rubus
being connected with the Latin ruber (red), and ‘‘ black-
berry’’ derived from the Anglo-Saxon blackberige and Old
English Blackberye. ‘‘Bramble,’’ applied to both black
and raspberries, takes its meaning from the Anglo-Saxon
brembel, or brember, that which tears or lacerates.
The blackberry is rather unusual among fruits as being
astringent instead of laxative; fruit, young leaves, and roots
all partaking of this quality. It is said to contain iron and
from its general tonic composition effectually tones up
the system. The Greeks made from the pressed young
shoots of the plant a thick syrup to be given internally
for throat, mouth, and eye troubles, but more commonly
the berries and roots have been used for various specifics,
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particularly the roots for troubles related to dysentery.
The sugar of the berries makes them more palatable and
nourishing and the mild acids are cooling to the blood.
Blackberry cordial is an excellent remedy for diarrhoea
and blackberry wine is tonic in effect while the jams and
syrups made from the berry are very pleasing forms of
throat remedies. The decoction from the roots is pre-
pared by ‘boiling down an ounce of the smaller roots, or of
the bark of the larger, in a pint and a half of water, down
to a pint; of which from one to two fluid-ounces may be
given to an adult three or four times, or more frequently
during the twenty-four hours.” (Wood & Bache: U. S.
Dispensatory.)
The Dewberry is but a variety, with sub-varieties, of
blackberry, the coating of which is considered to
resemble dew.
THE RASPBERRY
The Raspberry is very nearly related to the blackberry,
a similar variety of the genus Rubus, having, again, sub-
varieties in black and red raspberries and the wild cloud-
berry and thimbleberry (the latter black in colour.) The
fragrance and flavour of the red raspberry are rarely
aromatic and delicate, but its seeds and coat are harsher
than those of the blackberry. From this inherent rough-
ness came its name: from the English ‘‘rasp.”” It is placed
with the strawberry as to value in liver and gouty troubles.
Syrup of Raspberries in various forms is considered very
refreshing and purifying and, the seeds being removed in
these preparations, the fruit is perhaps more wholesome
than in other forms as well as being quite as attractive.
LOGANBERRY
The Loganberry is a cross between the black- and rasp-
berry, one of the famous California hybrids. (Seed of
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the Aughinbaugh blackberry and pollen of Antwerp
Raspberry.) As yet it has not been found to ship well
and in the East does not flourish as in California, where
the fresh berries are much liked but are perhaps improved
with cookery.
THE HUCKLEBERRY—CRANBERRY GROUP
Fruit recipes
1907Page 59
Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
If the strawberry, with its combined tartness, sweetness, brilliance yet shyness of beauty may be regarded as a feminine type the blackberry may as truly be said to possess masculine characteristics. The blackberry vine’s vigour, its happy-go-lucky, sturdy habit of growth, its wandering prodigality, its riotous, rollicking insistence of right-to-be, and thorny defence against aggression are marked traits (modified, of course, by training) of the ‘‘eternal boy.”’ The blackberry and strawberry might well be considered brother and sister since both belong to the Rose Family. The blackberry (Rubus) shows in its generic and ‘‘nick”’ names similar Roman and Anglo-Saxon associations, Rubus being connected with the Latin ruber (red), and ‘‘ blackberry’’ derived from the Anglo-Saxon blackberige and Old English Blackberye. ‘‘Bramble,’’ applied to both black and raspberries, takes its meaning from the Anglo-Saxon brembel, or brember, that which tears or lacerates.
The blackberry is rather unusual among fruits as being astringent instead of laxative; fruit, young leaves, and roots all partaking of this quality. It is said to contain iron and from its general tonic composition effectually tones up the system. The Greeks made from the pressed young shoots of the plant a thick syrup to be given internally for throat, mouth, and eye troubles, but more commonly the berries and roots have been used for various specifics,
particularly the roots for troubles related to dysentery. The sugar of the berries makes them more palatable and nourishing and the mild acids are cooling to the blood. Blackberry cordial is an excellent remedy for diarrhoea and blackberry wine is tonic in effect while the jams and syrups made from the berry are very pleasing forms of throat remedies. The decoction from the roots is prepared by ‘boiling down an ounce of the smaller roots, or of the bark of the larger, in a pint and a half of water, down to a pint; of which from one to two fluid-ounces may be given to an adult three or four times, or more frequently during the twenty-four hours.” (Wood & Bache: U. S. Dispensatory.)
The Dewberry is but a variety, with sub-varieties, of blackberry, the coating of which is considered to resemble dew.
THE RASPBERRY
The Raspberry is very nearly related to the blackberry, a similar variety of the genus Rubus, having, again, subvarieties in black and red raspberries and the wild cloudberry and thimbleberry (the latter black in colour.) The fragrance and flavour of the red raspberry are rarely aromatic and delicate, but its seeds and coat are harsher than those of the blackberry. From this inherent roughness came its name: from the English ‘‘rasp.”” It is placed with the strawberry as to value in liver and gouty troubles. Syrup of Raspberries in various forms is considered very refreshing and purifying and, the seeds being removed in these preparations, the fruit is perhaps more wholesome than in other forms as well as being quite as attractive.
LOGANBERRY
The Loganberry is a cross between the black- and raspberry, one of the famous California hybrids. (Seed of
the Aughinbaugh blackberry and pollen of Antwerp Raspberry.) As yet it has not been found to ship well and in the East does not flourish as in California, where the fresh berries are much liked but are perhaps improved with cookery.
THE HUCKLEBERRY—CRANBERRY GROUP