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on their margins, a little wider than they are long, and concave like a spoon. 



The leaves are close to four inches long and two inches six lignes wide. They're 

 much narrower near the stalk, where they come to a point, than they are at the other end. 

 They're finely & not very deeply denticulate. The stalk is light green, thick, and nine to 

 fifteen lignes long. 



The fruit is small, oval, and decreases in size equally toward the top & toward the 

 stalk. It's quite round at its midpoint and the groove is almost undetectable. The stalk is 

 slender, six lignes long and is set in a very small recess. It's thirteen-&-a-half lignes long 

 & eleven-&-a-half lignes in diameter. 



Its skin is black with a lot of bloom on it, leathery, slightly bitter, & is very 

 adherent to the flesh. 



Its flesh tends to be yellow. It has some light red streaks along the ridge of the pit. 



The juice is quite plentiful & pleasant. It has a slight fragrance when the tree is 

 planted in warm & dry soil. 



The pit is very rough and adheres to the flesh. It's seven-&-a-half lignes long, 

 four-&-a-half lignes wide, three-&-a-half lignes thick and a lot wider near the stalk of the 

 fruit than at its tip. 



This plum ripens before mid- July & isn't at all bad for an early plum. 



III. PLUM TREE with medium-sized, long, beautiful purple early fruit. 

 LARGE early BLACK. Montreuil BLACK. 



This plum, which is often confused with the large damson of Tours, is sixteen 

 lignes long by fourteen lignes in diameter. It's oblong in shape. 



Its skin is a beautiful purple with a lot of bloom on it, leathery, & very sour when 

 chewed. 



