He liked to ridge up his little plot of potatoes; he liked to creep up his ladder and mend the thatch of his cottage; he liked to cut himself a cabbage, and to gather the one small basketful of apples.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
A basketful of apples even from the farmer's orchard is a treat to the children, for, though better fed than formerly, their diet is necessarily monotonous, and such fruit as may be grown in the cottage garden is, of course, sold.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
She placed a pair of horn spectacles upon her nose, and drew towards her a basketful of threads and wools.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf