Fruit will be abundant on the hedges; hips are yellow and the haws show their first delicate red in the mild evening haze. The bramble, particularly the low-scrambling bushes which bear the bigger berries, is covered with bunches; acorns are yellowing along the brim of the cups upon the oaks. It is nearly all warm colour now, patches of pale purple in the dwarf thistles on the down. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Manchester Guardian, 18 August 1917. How to access the Guardian and Observer digital archive

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2017 21:22 UTC