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but it becomes much more so toward either end, especially at the top where there's a 

 visible cleft & a pointed protuberance, sometimes very small. The stalk attaches at the 

 bottom of a cavity, which is quite narrow & almost always is bordered by a few bumps or 

 small swellings. It's quite common to see some of them distributed over the rest of the 

 fruit. 



When this peach is fully ripe, its skin is yellow almost everywhere except in 

 places exposed to the sun where it becomes a bright light red. It's covered with quite a 

 thick down that's easily wiped off. The skin won't separate from the flesh easily unless 

 the fruit is very ripe. 



Generally the flesh is neither very soft nor very delicate. Sometimes it's even a 

 little mealy when the fruit is very ripe. It's slightly yellowish except underneath the skin 

 on the side toward the sun where it has a light reddish tint & next to the pit where it's 

 mottled with pink. 



The juice is sugary & quite pleasant. 



The pit is large, brown, very deeply creviced and terminates in a sharp point. It's 

 sixteen lignes long, nine lignes wide, and six-&-a-half lignes thick. 



This peach ripens together with the Mignonne around the beginning of 

 September. 



XIX. PEACH TREE with large flowers and pale red, smaller, very slightly verrucose summer 

 fruit. 



True CHANCELLIERE with large flowers. 



This peach tree is very similar to that of the Chevreuse with respect to its vigorous 

 shoots & large leaves. 



The flowers are large. 



The fruit is an attractive size, a bit less elongated than the Chevreuse n°. 17. It's 

 two inches in diameter 



