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Its shoots are big & strong, of medium length, and light gray at the base. The tips 

 are green on the shaded side and slightly russet on the side toward the sun. They're 

 dappled with very big whitish spots. 



The buds are big (double the size of those of cherry tree n°.13.), elongated, 

 pointed, and the same goes for the fruiting buds. The stems are wide & enlarged. 



The leaves are extremely large. The ones on the shoots are four-&-a-half inches 

 long by two inches wide. Those on the fruiting branches aren't quite as long & are wider. 

 They terminate in a long, very sharp point. The inside of the leaf is light green, and the 

 outside is a bright green. The denticulations are very large & deep and replete with 

 double or triple bidenticulations. The veins are very prominent. The large stalks, eight to 

 thirteen lignes long, allow the leaves to hang down a little. As a result, this cherry tree by 

 its size, the arrangement of its branches, the length & disposition of its leaves, very much 

 resembles a cherry tree with heart-shaped fruit. 



The flowers are thirteen lignes in diameter. The petals are six lignes long, five 

 lignes wide, and very concave or hollowed spoonlike. The flowers open up less than 

 those of most cherry trees with round fruit. Normally four of them emerge from each bud. 



The fruit is big, quite rounded at the tip and more or less flattened at the other 

 end. Some are eleven lignes at their large diameter, ten lignes at their short diameter, & 

 nine lignes high. Others are ten-&-a-half lignes at their large diameter, nine-&-a-half 

 lignes at their short diameter, & nine lignes high. As a result, the heights are the same 

 although the diameters differ. The stalk is slender, fifteen to twenty-four lignes long. 



The skin is delicate and slightly firm. It's tinged a light red on fruit that is not 

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