[Sca-cooks] Question on period berries/fruit

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In a message dated 7/5/2001 4:10:51 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
phelpsd at gate.net writes:


> Was asked:
>
>   Are blueberries period?
> >>What about raspberries and blackberries?  I know strawberries and cherries
> >>are, but I'm hoping the others are as well.
>
>
> Don't know about the rest but both blackberries and bilberry ( a variety of
> blueberry; whortleberry) are both mentioned twice in Shakespeare.
>
>

Also, you can find both blackberries and raspberries mentioned in several of
the period herbals under "Bramble"

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