26 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The stalk inserts into a very wide & deep cavity. 



The skin is thin, smooth, and shiny and has a beautiful cherry color on the side 

 toward the sun & is a waxy white beneath the leaves & on the side toward the espalier. 

 These colors, comparable to those of the Api apple, make this small fruit very pleasant to 

 look at. The flesh is white, slightly lemon-colored, even next to the pit, however it 

 sometimes has a few traces of red there. It's quite delicate & soft. 



The juice is somewhat bland. Nevertheless it has quite good flavor in dry soil & in 

 good exposures. 



The pit is small, round, white or light yellow-brown & does not cling at all to the 

 flesh. 



This peach ripens toward the beginning of September. It looks decorative on a 

 plate of fruit; that's its chief virtue. 



XXII. PEACH TREE with small flowers and smooth small, purple wine-like fruit. 

 Early SMALL VIOLETTE. (PL XVI Fig. 2.) 



This is a beautiful peach tree. It's quite vigorous, it puts out ample branches & a 

 lot of fruit, even as a bush tree. 



The shoots are medium-sized and red on the side in the sun. 



The leaves are smooth, oblong, & a beautiful green. 



The flowers are very small and red-brown in color. 



The fruit is the same size as that of the Double de Troyes, sometimes smaller. It's 

 almost round, but frequently greater in length than in diameter & slightly flattened on the 

 sides. It's divided lengthwise by a not very deep groove, & it usually terminates in a quite 

 small protuberance. The cavity where the stalk inserts isn't as wide & is not as deep as 

 that of the cherry peach. 



