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When spread out, they're eleven lignes in diameter. The petals are close to five lignes 

 long by the same width. They're very concave, puckered, & reflexed inward at the edges. 

 Although in most of them the pistil is longer than the stamens, this cherry tree sets its 

 fruit extremely well. Three flowers emerge from each bud, rarely two, almost never one 

 or four. 



The leaves are three inches long and eighteen lignes wide. They terminate in quite 

 a sharp point. They're widest near that end; they taper almost uniformly in the direction 

 of the stalk that is stiff & supports the leaf well. The denticulation & bidenticulation are 

 blunt & not very deep. The inside of the leaves is not a very dark green; the outside is a 

 very light green. The stalk, ten to thirteen lignes long, & the midrib are tinged quite a 

 deep red. 



The fruit is large, well rounded at the tip, flatter at the other end, and very slightly 

 flattened on its diameter. It's ten lignes high, eleven-&-a-half lignes across its large 

 diameter, and eleven lignes at its small diameter. The medium sized fruits have the same 

 proportion, but they're one ligne less in each dimension. The stalk is well nourished 

 without being thick, ten to sixteen lignes long, and set into a narrow & quite deep recess. 

 The end that's attached to the fruit is a beautiful red, & it's often lightly tinged with the 

 same color for its entire length on the side toward the sun. 



The skin is thin, a lively but light or very pale and beautiful red that doesn't 

 deepen even when the fruit is extremely ripe. 



The flesh is somewhat transparent, very succulent and white except under the skin 

 that has a small reddish eye. 



The juice is colorless, plentiful, very pleasant, and enhanced by a scarcely 

 noticeable tartness. 



The pit is white, five-&-a-half lignes long, 



