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bearing an oval, reddish plum, about tbe size of an olive, 

 and enclosing an oblong stone pointed at both ends. It 

 is of a sweet, clammy taste, from which the "Jujube 

 paste " is made. It is served up at the table, in Italy and 

 Spain, during winter, as a dry sweetmeat. The tree is grown 

 in hedge-rows, about Genoa and Nice. Seeds have been 

 sent out from the Patent-Office. They would probably 

 require about the same culture as the pomegranate. 



