"The Weary Gardener" wrote in message
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1. It is always worth going after that last tiny scrawny berry because
you'll discover yet another 10 luscious berries each the size of bull's
********.

2. In spite of the thorn hazard, you must hug the bush. That is to say,
one
by one, bring each branch in turn into your arms. Then you can be sure
that
you have garnered every last berry.

3. Do not harvest by bending over. That is the recipe for back-ache. Get
yourself a
little stool and sit right down beside the bush. This also assists with
(2) above.

After the Water Co (WOCAB) finished trashing our allotment and we got the
compensation, I decided to plant only thornless fruit. It took time to find
a supplier of 'Pax', goosegogs, but find them I did. I ordered them and
received them. It was only after I planted them and was back at home reading
the blurb on the label that I noticed the term was 'Almost' thornless.

I suspect that come harvesting time this will mean sufficiently few thorns
to lull one into a false sense of security enough to get a good savaging
from the few almost thorns there are.

Steve