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kept off untill it be ripe, as they are very
fond of them. This shrub bears a fruit
that is ripe early in ye year of red colour
& not disagreeable ⁠— tart much like ye
checkerberry ⁠— Children are fond of them
in ye milk ⁠— I eat of them repeatedly ⁠—

May 16th No. 10 ⁠—
Exam. Plumb -- British form
Mr. Fullers ⁠— { Vide Note Book 2d.
{ letter. M.
Calix — none —

Corol. — Tubular bell shaped 6/10 in long — [striated?]
& clouded with read & yellow. Limb
divided into 5 segments — a little
incurvated. Diam. tube at mouth 9/10
at base is a small tuberele on ye out side.

Stam: 5 very short filaments inserted in
ye mouth of ye tube, in segts just below
& directly agst ye sinuses of ye segment
— & then extending down ye tube
in closed by ye thin membrane in to
with ye substance of ye tube. Anthe=
ra, simple, flatish, oblong, erect —

Pistel. — style, thread shaped — longer yn
tube, erect. Stigma, bifid, small &
glob globular.

Germen. A Plumb — is oblong when ye
flower opens — below ye tube. The
tube stands upon ye apex. The fruit
stands in pairs on a small round stalk
which