CERASUS, Cherrytree. 171 



The leaves are two inches nine lignes long & twenty lignes wide. The ones on the 

 shoots are larger. They become much narrower near the stalk than at the other end that 

 terminates in a short point. The inside is deep green & glossy; the outside is yellowish 

 green. The margins are not very deeply dentate & bidentate; the dentation is blunt. The 

 leaves are held erect on stalks twelve to fifteen lignes long. 



The fruit is medium-sized, a bit flattened at the tip & much more so next to the 

 stalk that is eleven to seventeen lignes long & inserted into a quite indented recess. It's 

 also slightly flattened along its length that is eight lignes. Its large diameter is nine-&-a- 

 half lignes, & its small diameter is a little under nine lignes. 



Early on, its skin takes on a light & lively red color. If the cherry is picked at that 

 time, it's an early fruit, but the juice is so sour that it's edible only in compotes. If it's left 

 to ripen completely, the skin turns quite a deep red. 



The flesh, almost white, is tinged with red underneath the skin. 



Its juice is sweet & pleasant. But by that time it has lost the benefit of its pre- 

 maturity, and its ripening coincides with that of several other good cherries. 



The pit is white, almost round when viewed on its flat side. It's at most four-&-a- 

 half lignes long, the same width, & three lignes thick. 



This cherry starts to appear ten or twelve days after the small premature one. 



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