8 GARDENING 



RECIPES 



Barberries, to Candy 



Choose some fine bunches, and hang them for a quarter 

 of an hour in a jug of boiling water ; then remove them 

 carefully, and simmer in boiling syrup made with two 

 pounds of sugar and one pint of water ; then draw the 

 syrup from the fire, and let the bunches remain in it for 

 some hours. Then hang them up to drain and dry, and 

 when dry put them away carefully in boxes. 



Barberries, to Pickle, for Garnishing 



Gather the barberries in clusters before they are quite 

 ripe, and cover them in strong brine, made by boiling a 

 quarter of a pound of salt with each pint of water, adding a 

 mite of alum. The brine must not be put on till quite cold. 

 Put into bottles and store in a cool place. 



BULLACE 



These are very hardy trees, and bloom in April. 

 They grow best in a chalky soil. 



The Drap d'Or is the best variety. 



The Alba, or White Bullace, is very good also. 



This fruit is excellent when preserved. It is 

 very luscious and finely flavoured. The fruit is 

 small and round. It is generally ripe in October, 

 but will hang longer, and the flavour is much im- 

 proved if the fruit hangs till just touched by the 

 frost. 



