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20 Chickasaw Plum

1808 July 20.

The tree grows wild in the Western Country
of the United States.  A thick small foliage,
wood very crooked and full of Thorns.
The fruit is of a dull red color, round shape
yellow juicy flesh, very sweet except near
the stone, which is of a slight acid and rather
bitter taste. The stone is of a round and oblong form
ripens in the latter end of July.
        