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The fruit is small, almost perfectly round, fifteen lignes high by fourteen-&-a-half 

 lignes in diameter. Once in a while there's one that has one side a little smaller than the 

 other, or one with a small & a large diameter, but the difference is never very noticeable. 

 The cavity where the stalk inserts is deep. The groove is well defined but not very deep. 

 The lips along its margins are rarely dissimilar. 



The skin is a beautiful yellow on the shaded side. On the other side it's strongly 

 tinged with red & even on espalier, full of small conspicuous brown spots. 



The flesh is deep yellow. 



The juice is flavorful & excellent. 



The pit is seven lignes long, the same width, & four-&-a-half lignes thick. The 

 kernel is sweet & has a very pleasant hazelnut flavor, with an aftertaste of sweet almond. 



This apricot, one of the very best, ripens on espalier shortly after mid- July. 



VI. APRICOT TREE small fruit, flattened, sweet kernel. 



Provence APRICOT. (PL IV. Fig. P.) 



This apricot tree is about the same size as the one above. It's somewhat less 

 fruitful. 



The shoots are long, of medium thickness, very smooth, light red, but brighter on 

 the side exposed to the sun, green on the shaded side, and very slightly spotted. 



The buds are big, pointed, and triple. Some nodes have groups of four to eight of 

 them together on the same stem. 



The leaves are small and round, and terminate in quite a wide point that's always 

 bent outward. They're two-and-a-third inches wide & two-&-a-half inches long. 



