Special Note: All material here reprinted from Grow It!
Copyright © 1972 by Richard W. Langer. The title of this
excerpted chapter is "Berries." If ever I dies an' yo ain't
certain I's dead, Just butter some biscuit an' new made bread
An' spread em all over with raspberry jam, Then step mighty
softly to whar I am An' wave dem vittles above my head, If my
mouf don't open, I'm certainly dead. One of the tastiest spots
on your farm is the berry patch. Of course, it won't have just
berries in it. Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries,
their names notwithstanding, aren't berries at all in the
botanical sense. Grapes and currants, on the other hand, are.
Just to balance things out, some with "berries" as part of their
names really are berries — blueberries, cranberries, and
gooseberries, for instance. Which somehow explains why they're
all grouped together here, and certainly in no way detracts from
their flavor. To add further to the confusion of nomenclature,
if you've ever had huckleberry pie, or picked wi