Note 1792 — BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
John Bostock translation
Its fruit will ripen in France, as far north as Tours. It is the Zizyphus vulgaris of Lamarck. It resembles a small plum, and is sometimes used as a sweetmeat. The confection sold as jujube paste is not the dried jelly of this fruit, but merely gum arabic and sugar, coloured.