I REFER to the article in the BEN regarding the name whinberry.
Whin is an old name for the gorse and furze that grows on moorland. People would go to collect the berries from the bushes that grew among the whin.
Therefore it would seem logical that in time they would become known as whinberries.
Jack Holt
Meadowside Avenue, Bolton
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