{"id":924,"date":"2015-04-27T09:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T16:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=924"},"modified":"2015-04-26T18:24:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T01:24:16","slug":"all-hail-the-blackberry-thorny-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/all-hail-the-blackberry-thorny-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"All hail the Blackberry, thorny fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Folklore in the United Kingdom is told that blackberries should not be picked after Old\u00a0Michaelmas<\/a>\u00a0Day (11 October) as the\u00a0devil<\/a>\u00a0(or a\u00a0P\u00faca<\/a>) has made them unfit to eat, by stepping, spitting, or fouling on them.\u00a0There is some value behind this legend as wetter and cooler weather often allows the fruit to become infected by various\u00a0molds<\/a>\u00a0such as\u00a0Botryotinia<\/a><\/i>\u00a0which give the fruit an unpleasant look and may be toxic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Blackberry – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Folklore in the United Kingdom is told that blackberries should not be picked after Old\u00a0Michaelmas\u00a0Day (11 October) as the\u00a0devil\u00a0(or a\u00a0P\u00faca) has made them unfit to eat, by stepping, spitting, or fouling on them.\u00a0There is some value behind this legend as wetter and cooler weather often allows the fruit to become infected by various\u00a0molds\u00a0such as\u00a0Botryotinia\u00a0which give the fruit an unpleasant look and may be toxic. 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