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& a reddish yellow, sometimes wood-colored, on the shaded side. 



The flesh is yellow, tending to red, rather similar to that of the melons known as 

 red flesh. 



The juice is sugary, not very plentiful nor flavorful. 



The pit adheres somewhat to the flesh; it's nine lignes long, eight lignes wide, and 

 five lignes thick. Its material is soft & the kernel is sweet. 



This apricot tree is cultivated more as a curiosity than for the quality of its fruit, 

 that ripens at the beginning of August. 



There's a small apricot tree cultivated at the Trianon that has longish, slender 

 shoots that are green on the shaded side and violet on the other side. It has small leaves 

 that are wide near the stalk and terminate almost like a plum tree leaf at the other end. 

 They're a deeper green than those of any other apricot tree. The skin of its fruit is deep 

 brown, almost black. The flesh is a very deep red-brown. This small fruit has a pleasant 

 flavor. They call it black apricot. 



IX. APRICOT TREE small fruit, flattened, turning somewhat reddish from golden 

 yellow on one side, becoming green on the other. 



Clingstone APRICOT. Alberge APRICOT. 



This apricot tree grows as large as the common one. It fills out with more 

 branches & succeeds better out in the open than on an espalier. 



Its shoots are slender, smooth, almost completely red, with only very little green 

 on the shaded side. 



The buds are large and pointed. Most are single, borne on very prominent stems. 



The leaves are small, wide next to the stalk & usually have two small ears when 

 they open out. They come to a very long almost symmetrical point 



