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Its flesh is firm, quite delicate, and light green verging on white. It turns yellow 

 when completely ripe. 



The juice is quite pleasant, enhanced with a slight fragrance, so even though it 

 isn't sweet, it's nevertheless not bland. 



The pit separates from the flesh except at its tip & along its ridge where a little of 

 it remains attached. It's eight lignes long, five-&-a-half lignes wide, and three-&-a-half 

 lignes thick. 



It ripens about mid- July, which makes it sought-after even though it's vulnerable 

 to worms. The early yellow plum is much inferior to it in quality. 



There's a round plum, much bigger than the one above, that ripens almost as early 

 and has the same color, which also is called large early black. But it's flavorless & its 

 flesh is gross. 



IV. PLUM TREE with medium-sized, rather longish, deep purple fruit. 

 LARGE DAMSON PLUM of Tours. 



This plum tree grows tall. The flowers are liable to abort when it's planted in the 

 open. 



The shoots are stout & very long. They're reddish on the side toward the sun, 

 green verging on yellow on the shaded side and covered with a thin whitish epidermis. 



The buds are small and very pointed; their stems are big & prominent. 



The flowers are eleven lignes in diameter. Two or three of them emerge from the 

 same bud, often with two small leaves. The petals are round. 



The leaves are large, three inches nine lignes long and two inches wide. They 

 come to a point at the stalk, which is purple and eight to ten lignes long. The other end is 

 almost elliptical. The denticulation is quite fine & deep. 



The fruit is oblong and medium-sized. It's fourteen lignes long & thirteen lignes 

 in diameter. 



