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A History of the County of Gloucester
… 69 Among fruit grown was the Blaisdon Red variety of plum, developed in the neighbouring parish. Several orchards …
Old and New London
… one of those gloomy religionists who looked on surplices, plum-porridge, theatres, dances, Christmas pudding, and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [french and portugal plums] It is alleged that the French PLUM was brought to France by the Crusaders during the … [Simmonds (1906)]. The term is also applied to the wild plum, Prunus insititia, larger than sloe, and also well-known …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… 1662, St John Zachary, 1679, "Ancient parishoner" (1) PLUM M, 1662 (2) Living, 1694 (3) Tory ("good", 1682), 1687 …
Magna Britannia
… Chebules, an obsolete French word for a sort of large plum. Mackworth, of Mackworth. This ancient family was …