Rural misc
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The Whinberry, prefering acidicopen heaths, moors and hillside
Whinberries, as bilberries are known in these parts, were an important part of the economy, along with the mining. Whole families would turn out in the summer holidays to pick them to earn extra some money. Buyers, known as "higglers", would patrol the area in horse and carts, pack the berries into wicker hampers – "wiskets" – and take them for despatch to Minsterley Station.
Whinberries - also known as Blaeberries, Whortleberries, Bilberries, Huckleberries or Whimberries, fraughans, depending on where you live.
pick july august
Whinberries, as bilberries are known in these parts, were an important part of the economy, along with the mining. Whole families would turn out in the summer holidays to pick them to earn extra some money. Buyers, known as "higglers", would patrol the area in horse and carts, pack the berries into wicker hampers – "wiskets" – and take them for despatch to Minsterley Station.
Whinberries - also known as Blaeberries, Whortleberries, Bilberries, Huckleberries or Whimberries, fraughans, depending on where you live.
pick july august