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the wild cherry tree, is much bushier. Its branches are more slender & very leafy which 

 makes them hang down a bit, & they don't support themselves as well as those of the wild 

 cherry tree. 



Their shoots are quite strong & the bark is brown. 



The buds are long, moderately thick, and well rounded around their diameter. 



The flowers open up only a little. The petals are very thin, six lignes long, five 

 lignes wide, and somewhat spoon-shaped. Their tips are not split into a heart shape as 

 much as those on the wild cherry tree. 



The leaves are large, almost oval, narrower near the stalk than at the other end 

 that terminates in quite a long & sharp point. The margins are deeply dentate & bidentate. 

 The upper surface is a deep green and not very deeply grooved. The underside is light 

 green. The midrib is very prominent. There are ten to twelve lateral veins that are quite 

 elevated but very thin. The large leaves on the fruiting branches are three inches seven 

 lignes long & nineteen lignes wide. The stalks are fifteen to twenty lignes long. The large 

 leaves on the shoots are about four-&-a-half inches long and two-&-a-hal finches wide. 

 The stalk is twenty-seven lignes long. The leaves are pendent & fold inward along the 

 central vein. 



The fruit is nicely heart-shaped, flattened, and much larger next to the stalk than 

 at the tip. It's nine lignes long, the large diameter is eight-&-a-half lignes & the small 

 diameter seven lignes. The stalk, thirteen to eighteen lignes long, is set into a recess that's 

 quite wide but not deeply indented. The fruit is divided lengthwise by a depression or a 

 very indistinct groove. 



The skin is delicate with scattered small irregularities. When the fruit is 

 completely ripe, it's a very deep brown, almost black. The flesh is a very deep red and a 

 little mushy. 



