“The mellow plum doth fall, the green sticks fast, Or being early pluck’d, is sour to taste.”
“Like a green plum that hangs upon a tree, And falls, through wind, before the fall should be.”
“Many old writers mention the great and famous city of Damascus. Now in the territory of the Damascenes there is a very large quantity of the so‑called cuckoo-apples, cultivated with great skill. Hence this fruit gets the special name of "damson," excelling the same kind grown in other countries.”
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