| Summary: | frankum n From any little scar in the bark [of the red spruce], a gum exudes which hardens on exposure to the air. Those hardened blobs melt to proper chewing consistency when held in one's mouth and make the finest, certainly the purest, chewing-gum in the world. First, when you get it started, it is a creamy yellow, but when chewed for a while it turns pink.// Of course, swapping frankum is a most unhygenic practice.but in spite of that, a brisk trade in frankum went on each winter. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G. M. Story AUG. 1 1989 WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used Sup
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