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 Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:51 am Post subject: Re: newbie questions @ 2 pet chickens |
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Darn....you>re right! I was led astray ;>)
Try this link........... http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/blit/bukrev46.htm
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Damson or Bullace bush
Description---A tall shrub, sometimes developing into a small tree about
15
feet high. Resembles the Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa), but is
less
thorny and has straight, not crooked branches, covered by brown, not
black
bark, only a few of the old ones terminating in spines, the younger ones
downy. It has also larger leaves than the Blackthorn, downy underneath,
alternate, finely-toothed, on short, downy foot-stalks, and flowers,
white
like those of the Blackthorn, but larger, with broader petals, borne in
less
crowded clusters and not on the naked branches, but expanding just after
the
leaves have begun to unfold.
A bullace isn>t a damson.
A bullace is a more primitive form of the fruit/tree, something between a
sloe and a damson.
You can eat a damson raw, you can>t eat a bullace raw.
Mary
Mary
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Mary Fisher
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:23 am Post subject: Re: newbie questions @ 2 pet chickens |
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"C.M.German" <cmgerman@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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[quote]Darn....you>re right! I was led astray ;>)
Try this link...........
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/blit/bukrev46.htm[/quote]
Nice. But who dares to say that British food is boring???
Send 'em round here!
I only know aboput bullaces because I have one growing here. I thought it
was a sloe. It>s still good for 'sloe' gin, most people have never heard the
word 'bullace'!
Mary
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.b.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Damson or Bullace bush
Description---A tall shrub, sometimes developing into a small tree
about
15
feet high. Resembles the Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa), but is
less
thorny and has straight, not crooked branches, covered by brown, not
black
bark, only a few of the old ones terminating in spines, the younger
ones
downy. It has also larger leaves than the Blackthorn, downy
underneath,
alternate, finely-toothed, on short, downy foot-stalks, and flowers,
white
like those of the Blackthorn, but larger, with broader petals, borne
in
less
crowded clusters and not on the naked branches, but expanding just
after
the
leaves have begun to unfold.
A bullace isn>t a damson.
A bullace is a more primitive form of the fruit/tree, something between
a
sloe and a damson.
You can eat a damson raw, you can>t eat a bullace raw.
Mary
Mary
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C.M.German
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:05 am Post subject: Re: newbie questions @ 2 pet chickens |
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Sorry, I read no further than 'gin' ;>) aahhhh memories!
CM
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.b.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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"C.M.German" <cmgerman@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Darn....you>re right! I was led astray ;>)
Try this link...........
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/blit/bukrev46.htm
Nice. But who dares to say that British food is boring???
Send 'em round here!
I only know aboput bullaces because I have one growing here. I thought it
was a sloe. It>s still good for 'sloe' gin, most people have never heard
the
word 'bullace'!
Mary
CM
--
http://www.needhim.org/
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.b.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f71f155$0$193$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net...
Damson or Bullace bush
Description---A tall shrub, sometimes developing into a small tree
about
15
feet high. Resembles the Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa), but is
less
thorny and has straight, not crooked branches, covered by brown, not
black
bark, only a few of the old ones terminating in spines, the younger
ones
downy. It has also larger leaves than the Blackthorn, downy
underneath,
alternate, finely-toothed, on short, downy foot-stalks, and flowers,
white
like those of the Blackthorn, but larger, with broader petals, borne
in
less
crowded clusters and not on the naked branches, but expanding just
after
the
leaves have begun to unfold.
A bullace isn>t a damson.
A bullace is a more primitive form of the fruit/tree, something
between
a
sloe and a damson.
You can eat a damson raw, you can>t eat a bullace raw.
Mary
Mary
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Mary Fisher
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:33 am Post subject: Re: newbie questions @ 2 pet chickens |
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"C.M.German" <cmgerman@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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[quote]Sorry, I read no further than 'gin' ;>) aahhhh memories!
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:-)
Mary
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CM
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.b.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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"C.M.German" <cmgerman@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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Darn....you>re right! I was led astray ;>)
Try this link...........
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/blit/bukrev46.htm
Nice. But who dares to say that British food is boring???
Send 'em round here!
I only know about bullaces because I have one growing here. I thought it
was a sloe. It>s still good for 'sloe' gin, most people have never heard
the
word 'bullace'!
Mary
CM
--
http://www.needhim.org/
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.b.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f71f155$0$193$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net...
Damson or Bullace bush
Description---A tall shrub, sometimes developing into a small tree
about
15
feet high. Resembles the Blackthorn or Sloe (Prunus spinosa), but
is
less
thorny and has straight, not crooked branches, covered by brown,
not
black
bark, only a few of the old ones terminating in spines, the
younger
ones
downy. It has also larger leaves than the Blackthorn, downy
underneath,
alternate, finely-toothed, on short, downy foot-stalks, and
flowers,
white
like those of the Blackthorn, but larger, with broader petals,
borne
in
less
crowded clusters and not on the naked branches, but expanding just
after
the
leaves have begun to unfold.
A bullace isn>t a damson.
A bullace is a more primitive form of the fruit/tree, something
between
a
sloe and a damson.
You can eat a damson raw, you can>t eat a bullace raw.
Mary
Mary
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Peggy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:46 am Post subject: Re: newbie questions @ 2 pet chickens |
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nuele wrote:
[quote]Peggy <mar123nospam@gte.net> wrote:
nuele wrote:
Peggy <mar123nospam@gte.net> wrote:
A friend of mine always finds his cockerels in his damson
tree in the evening, and the daily ritual at dusk is to persuade them to
come down with the hosepipe.
OK, I>m really new here - but what>s a hosepipe?
hmm, another British / American English confusion, I suppose... (I have
already learned here that maize/corn has to be used with care, but I
didn>t know that hosepipes and damsons are also critical ;-)
hosepipe I thought was the hose you use in the garden to water your
plants or chickens with ;-)
You should see them come down like ripe
damsons ;-)
and what are ripe damsons?
peggy
damsons are similar to plums/prunes. What word do you use?
Nuele (D)
hosepipe = watering hose or just hose..........[/quote]
damsons = plums prunes are dried and yucky:)
I love the things I learn on newsgroups
peggy |
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