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Blackthorn
📍 Matthew Trigge Cl, Hathern, Loughborough LE12, UK
🗓 Season: September · October · November
🔍 When is it ripe?
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.
Considerable amount of berries for sloe gin making; the hedge runs for several hundred metres from a t junction footpath to a cross path of footpaths by a large tree stump.
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