Sloes make marvellous fruit wine .

黑刺李可以做成非常好的果酒。

Spring passed ; summer turned to autumn ; it was winter , and then again the sloes were in blossom and the hawthorns green and spring had come .

刺李花又是花团锦簇，山楂树也披上了绿装，不知不觉中春天已经来了。