A half mile walk along a country lane shows just how many berries, fruits and nuts are around at the moment
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| The lane |
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Fruit of the blackthorn - Sloes -Prunus spinosa
Other local names for Sloes include 'Bullens' in Shropshire; 'Heg-Peg's in Gloucestershire;'Hedge-Picks' in Hampshire; 'Hedge-Speaks' in Wiltshire; 'Slags' in Oxfordshire; 'Snags' in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire; 'Winter Kecksies' in Isle of White and 'Winter Picks' in Sussex |
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Fruit of the Hawthorn - Haws - Crataegus monogyna
Other local names include Agald, Agarve, Aggle, Agog, Bird's, Eggle, Chaw, Cuckoo's Beads, Hag, Hipperthaw, Hegpeg, Hogail, Hoggosse, Pig-Berry, Pixie-Pear |
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| Fruit of the Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum |
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Holly berries - Ilex aquifolium
These poisonous berries are only found on the female tree |
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Bittersweet berries - Solanum dulcamara
Also known as woody nightshade - berries are poisonous |
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| Fruit of the Common Elder - Elderberries - Sambucus nigra |
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| Greengage - Prunus domestica |
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Fruit of the Wild Rose - Rose-Hips - Rosa
Local names include Buckie Berries, Cankers, Choops,Dog-Jobs, Hagisses, Hedge-Pedgies, Hipsons, Huggans, Itching-Berries, Nippernails, Pig's Noses, Pixie Pears, Soldiers. |
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| apples |
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| nut of oak Quercus robur- acorn |
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