Blackberrys, the fruit, not the PDA
Monday I noticed what has become an Alabama tradition in my mind. Our State Fruit, The Blackberry, was in full bloom. This of course means nothing to the uninitated, but to those of us who spend many May and June mornings plucking this bounty from the thorn, it means 3 weeks or so until the red berrys began tempting us. Browsing some of the literature on this berry that can't be stopped I was amazed to find its nutritional value higher than other berries in its class, and its Cancer fighting potential a whopping 40% over its nearest rival.
No wonder as we move away from the land that nourishes us, we weaken and develop "new" diseases. I wonder what else the Native American's didn't have time to tell us before we "colonized" this "New World".
And speaking of Tart little berries that are better for you than the government wants you to know... I hope everyone is out getting petitions signed for the upcoming ballot. We have to get those signatures in so Mrs. Nall can rightfully be presented to the people of Alabama. If we can get her out there by word of mouth, and on the ballot, I think Alabama just might pick the "Common" berry, and leave the rest of the fruits on the "Bush" for the birds.
No wonder as we move away from the land that nourishes us, we weaken and develop "new" diseases. I wonder what else the Native American's didn't have time to tell us before we "colonized" this "New World".
And speaking of Tart little berries that are better for you than the government wants you to know... I hope everyone is out getting petitions signed for the upcoming ballot. We have to get those signatures in so Mrs. Nall can rightfully be presented to the people of Alabama. If we can get her out there by word of mouth, and on the ballot, I think Alabama just might pick the "Common" berry, and leave the rest of the fruits on the "Bush" for the birds.
posted by Dewy at 7:43 PM
3 Comments:
With your name, Dewy, I would think you should be offended that the dewberry is not the state fruit. As one who picked gallons upon gallons of both blackberries and dewberries around 60 or more years ago, I can attest that it takes fewer dewberries to fill a bucket than it does blackberries.
Welcome to the blogorama party, Dewy. Don sent me.
Welcome Dewy, as with blue gal, Don sent me.
But Loretta Nall? LOLOLOL
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