damson

A subspecies of plum tree, Prunus domestica subsp. insititia, native to Eurasia.

The edible fruit of this tree.

And if you come hether, / When Damſines I gether, / I will part them all you among.

But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.