Possible Clues:

• Edible berry
• Soft fruit
• Fruit used to make cassis
• Raven, dog and rodent eating new fruit
• Fruit shortage, one that's vile, stopping British worker, perhaps
• Small fruit
• Fruit shortage beginning for country in difficulty reflected by angry speech
• Shrub with small edible berries
• Round berry
• Maybe cordial knight captured by dirty scoundrels