Blackberries

 During the month of August, which is the late Summer season, blackberries should appear on many shrubs an thorny bushes. Blackberries are often appearing too shiny and very dark deep blue, dark purple and deepest red, to jet black in colour. Red blackberries are sometimes found, and even blackberries have reddish or pink colours.Sometimes these indicate early stages of fruit growth and might have a bitter taste. Early blackberry fruit picked too soon are often yellowish to pale pinks and taste sour. Fully grown blackberries are sweet tasting and often very dark red, to black. 

Blackberries are often found late Summer, and in some places, early Autumn. These fruits come from the Rose family. Tests done on a woman from the Bronze Age, whose remains were found in a Danish bog, found that she's consumed a lot of blackberries. Blackberries are a staple diet in food and drinks. These fruits are used in wine, medicine and also dye. 

Blackberries contain Vitamin C, folic acid, manganese and Vitamin K. The seeds of a blackberry have Omega 3, ellagic acid, ellagitannins and carotenoids. Ellagic acid is found in a lot of fruits, nuts, mushrooms and certain oak trees, such as the North American quercus alba (white oak) tree and the European quercus rubra (red oak) tree. 

Blackberries are often used to treat period pains, anemia and gastroenteritis. There are rumours its used to treat cancer although the ellagic acid doesn't cure this disease. Blackberry roots full of tannins and saponins may treat symptoms of diarrhea. An entire blackberry bush is supposed to help heal someone of whooping cough. Leaves of a blackberry are said to help toothache go away. According to Pliny, blackberries are a good source of medicine qualities. They even taste lovely too.

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