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& two inches three lignes wide. The stalk is six to twelve lignes long, & some of the 

 veins are deep red. 



The fruit is small, rounded, fifteen lignes in diameter & very slightly less than that 

 in height. Often it's only thirteen lignes in diameter and equally high. The groove that 

 divides it from head to tail is well defined though rarely deep, & the two lips bordering it 

 are similar. 



The skin is brittle, sometimes a little bitter. It's light yellow. The side toward the 

 sun takes on very little color & accumulates several conspicuous small spots, some red 

 and others brown. 



The flesh is a not very deep yellow, refined, delicate, and adheres slightly to the 

 pit. 



The juice is plentiful and flavorful, which gives this apricot the reputation as 

 being one of the best. 



The pit is practically smooth, eight-&-a-half lignes long, seven lignes wide, and 

 five lignes thick. The kernel is bitter. 



This little apricot ripens about mid- August. 



VIII. APRICOT TREE small fruit, flattened purple on one side, turning from 

 golden yellow to red on the other side, sweet kernel 



Violet APRICOT. 



This apricot tree is thought to be a variety of the Angoumois apricot or of the 

 Portugal apricot due to the color of its shoots & the shape of its leaves. 



The fruit is small, at most eighteen lignes in height, eighteen lignes across its 

 large diameter, & sixteen lignes at its small diameter. 



The skin is red, verging on purple on the side toward the sun 



