The time to spray for maximum effect is when the aphid migrates from its winter hosts—damsons and sloes—to hops.
Though smaller than most damsons, bullaces are much larger than the closely related sloe.
This effect can be reproduced by freezing harvested sloes.
They find life constantly renewing itself in the quick- fading and sloe- blooming buds of the forest.
Sloe whisky and sloe brandy are variants on the tradition, and are often mixed with ginger beer or ginger ale.
Her drawings are of sloe-eyed women, covering a varied array of female forms and expressing many different emotions.
Einkorn wheat is harvested in the late summer, and sloes in the autumn; these must have been stored from the previous year.
It is found in places with sloe thickets and particularly orchards.
