raspberries

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I think you had better come and see the squirrel; he is in the raspberries, and the jay is there too, and there is an immense deal of talking going on So I will," said Bevis; and he followed the hare to the raspberries (all the fruit was now gone), and found the squirrel, who advanced to welcome him, and the jay up in the oak.

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  • In this density there is always moisture--always a smell of confined, perpetual shade, of cobwebs, fallen apples (turning black where they roll on the mouldy sod), raspberries, and earwigs of the kind which impel one to reach hastily for more fruit when one has inadvertently swallowed a member of that insect tribe with the last berry. —  Youth
  • Then Jonas went away with the wagon, one afternoon, about two miles, to a place where the raspberries were very abundant, and dug up a large number of them, and set them out along this lane, on both sides of it; and so, in a year or two, there was a great abundance of raspberries very near the house Rollo stopped to eat some raspberries as he walked along. —  Rollo's Museum
  • After he had eaten as many as he wanted, he thought he would gather his dipper full for Jonas, as he was busy at work, and could not have time to gather any for himself He got his dipper full very quick, for the raspberries were thick and large. —  Rollo's Museum
  • I never tried it myself; but I have heard them say that that is the way they do with raspberries, and strawberries, and all such fruits Rollo immediately went and washed out some seeds as Jonas had directed, and when he came back he spread them out upon a piece of birch bark to dry. —  Rollo's Museum
  • Wine may be made from strawberries, raspberries, and cherries in the same way Yest, how prepared, so as to preserve sweet and good in any climate. —  The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
 

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