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Blackberry · Blackthorn
📍 559J+QH Cambridge, UK
🗓 Season: July · August · September · October · November
🔍 When is it ripe?
Blackberry: Fully black (not red or dark red) and comes off the stem with no resistance — zero pull. Dull rather than shiny; a shiny black berry is still slightly underripe and tart. Eat the same day for best flavour.
Blackthorn: Sloe berries: small, round, blue-black with a heavy bloom. Intensely astringent raw — traditionally harvested after the first frost, which breaks down tannins. Best used for sloe gin or jelly. Spiny branches — wear gloves when harvesting.
One blackthorn bush on dirt track on the right, then multiple trees on the footpath, first on the right and then later on the left. Blackberries all over the place. Also look out for the doggers :/
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