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This African fruit was described in 1705 by plantation owner Robert Beverley as “excellently good and very pleasant to the Taste, as also to the Eye; having the Rind of a lively green Colour, … the Meat of a Carnation and the Seed black, and shining….”
 
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Did You Know?
The common dandelion, buttercup and white clover we see in Virginia today originally came from Europe.

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