14 
THE BLACKBERRY 
Take a second blackberry and hold it lightly between 
the fingers of the left hand. With a pin prick 
one of the small black balls. What comes out? 
To see the real color of this juice touch it to the 
piece of white blotting paper. 
Prick three or four of the round balls and blot the 
juice on the paper. What colorisit? Describe it. 
Hold the blackberry so that the end with the round 
whitish spot is up. Stick a pin into this spot. 
Does any juice flow? 
Stick a pin into one of the small balls. Can you feel 
anything hard inside of it? Try several balls in 
this way with a pin and see if each has a hard 
body inside. 
Has the blackberry a smell ? 
Kat a blackberry by chewing very slowly. What is 
its taste? Was it all soft, like a peach, or did 
you feel some small hard things in it? 
With a pin pick off one of the small round balls. 
Lay it on the blotter and with the help of a second 
pin open it out. Inside there should be a small 
hard body. This is a seed. 
Clean off all the pulp around the seed. What 
shape is it? What color? 
