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is ten-&-a-half lignes, its small diameter is nine-&-a-half //gwes, & its height is nine-&- 

 three-quarters lignes. The stalk is quite thick and fifteen or sixteen lignes long. When 

 completely ripe the skin turns a deep red. The flesh is white & delicate. The juice has just 

 sufficient acidity to make it enjoyable & to enhance its flavor. The pit is five lignes long, 

 four-&-a-half //giies wide, and three lignes thick. 



This cherry ripens at the beginning of July, before the large Gohet. Although it's a 

 little inferior to it in size & quality, this cherry tree is propagated & cultivated in 

 preference to the large Gobet tree because it's much less prone to abort & it produces 

 much more fruit. 



The Montmorency cherries are the most highly regarded ones in Paris. In fact they 

 rank well above all the ones we've described so far. 



XII. Sweet CHERRY TREE with larger round fruit, paler red with a most pleasant faintly tart 

 taste. 



CHERRY TREE with big, pale red fruit. (PL IX.) 



This cherry tree grows larger than any of the cherry trees with round fruit that 

 we've discussed up to this point, although it's not very much taller than the largest of the 

 common cherry trees. It grows quite high, supports its branches better than most of the 

 cherry trees in its class, & puts out vertical shoots. 



The shoots are quite long, almost double the size of those of the large Gobet. 

 They're a darker brown & tend less to red and are speckled with very small gray spots. 



The buds are at once both bigger & longer than those of the Gobet. They're 

 pointed, even the fruiting ones. The stems are thick & prominent. 



The flowers open up a little less than those of the Montmorency cherry trees. 



