88 BLACKBERRY. 



and when it has done fermenting, pour it off into clean bot- 

 tles, and stop with good cork-wood corks. See Ale. 



BEETS. Beets are boiled till tender, to be eaten with 

 salt cod-fish. Wash, and, without scraping, boil them whole. 

 They are used to ornament salads. They make, when boiled, 

 and put into vinegar, either sliced or whole, a cheap and 

 wholesome pickle. When quite small they may be boiled 

 with the leaves for greens. See under Art of Gardening. 



BERGAMOT. The well-known oil or essence of berga- 

 mot, which is imported from the South of Europe, is extract- 

 ed from the rind of the fruit Citrus bergamia, which grows 

 on a moderate-sized tree that bears small white flowers, 

 and fruit of a pyriform shape and pale yellow color. The 

 rind is filled with oil-vesicles. (Farmer's Encyclopaedia.) 



BIRD-PEPPER. A variety of Capsicum, sometimes 

 called Bird's-bill, or Long Red. It yields Cayenne pepper 

 when dried and pulverized. 



BLACKBERRY. The Bramble is native to this coun- 

 try. The varieties esteemed for the table, and sometimes 

 cultivated, are, 



High Bush (Rubus villosus). This bush grows four or 

 five feet high, produces white flowers, and its berries have a 

 spirited piquancy. 



Low Bush (Rubus Canadensis), or Trailing Blackberry. 

 A trailing prickly shrub, throwing out, as the above, white 

 blossoms. The fruit is sweet, but has hardly so much spirit 

 as the first. 



The soil should be well worked, and enriched with ashes, 

 leaves, and vegetable mould, besides other fertilizers, to 

 produce handsome fruit. Propagate by seed and by off- 



