Samson

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Some will just give their Damsons a scald in the Water before they pour it on the Raisins, which is a good way.

From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Bradley, Richard

Damsons are often very valuable, and also make good outside hedges.

From The Book of Pears and Plums by Bartrum, Edward

Bradley's "King of the Damsons" is the best.

From The Book of Pears and Plums by Bartrum, Edward

In her exact little handwriting are these words:— "Planted in Potts, 1720: An Almond Stone, an English Wallnut, Cittron Seeds, Pistachica nutts, Red Damsons, Leamon seeds, Oring seeds and Daits."

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

Damsons and plums should be pricked with a needle, and peaches washed with a weak lye, and then rubbed with a coarse cloth to remove the fur.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)