. Through the year with Thoreau . [71 2 woodchopper goes into the swamp for fuel in the win-ter; his wife and children for berries in the summer. Journal, v, 330, 331. July 6, 1852. The early blueberries ripen first onthe hills, before those who confine themselves to thelowlands are aware of it. When the old folks findonly one turned here and there, children, who arebest acquainted with the locality of berries, bringpailfuls to sell at their doors. For birds nests andberries, give me a childs eyes. But berries must beeaten on the hills, and then how far from the sur-feiting luxury of an alderm
. Through the year with Thoreau . [71 2 woodchopper goes into the swamp for fuel in the win-ter; his wife and children for berries in the summer. Journal, v, 330, 331. July 6, 1852. The early blueberries ripen first onthe hills, before those who confine themselves to thelowlands are aware of it. When the old folks findonly one turned here and there, children, who arebest acquainted with the locality of berries, bringpailfuls to sell at their doors. For birds nests andberries, give me a childs eyes. But berries must beeaten on the hills, and then how far from the sur-feiting luxury of an aldermans dinner! Journal, iv, 196. [ 72 ]YEW BERRY August 10, 1858. Am surprised to find the yewwith ripe fruit, where I had not detected fertileflowers. It fruits very sparingly, the berries grow-ing singly here and there, on last years wood, andhence four to six inches below the extremities of theupturned twigs. It is the most surprising berry thatwe have: first, since it is borne by an evergreen, hem-lock-like bush with which we do
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