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A groove dividing it lengthwise is completely, or almost completely, absent. The stalk is 

 six lignes long, quite full, and attaches flush with the fruit or inside a very small 

 indentation. 



Its skin is covered with a lot of bloom. It's deep red on the side toward the sun, 

 pale red on the opposite side, quite thin, and is not very adherent to the flesh. 



Its flesh is yellowish, soft & delicate, without being mushy. 



Its juice is very sweet. 



The pit doesn't cling to the flesh. It's small, seven lignes long, five lignes wide, & 

 four lignes thick. 



This fruit, which has a slight tendency to get wormy, ripens in mid- August. 



There's another red damson that's smaller, less elongated, & ripens later than the 

 one above. It ripens about mid-September. 



IX. PLUM TREE with small, rather long blackish fruit 

 Late black DAMSON. {PL XX. Fig. 4.) 



This small plum is oblong in shape. It's thirteen-&-a-half lignes long and twelve- 

 &-a-half lignes in diameter. Its stalk is slender, four lignes long, and inserts into a small 

 quite deep cavity. The groove that runs from the tip to the stalk has no depth to speak of 

 & is discernible only by its color. The fruit is slightly smaller at the tip than at the stalk. 



The skin is very dark purple, almost black, and is covered with a lot of bloom. It's 

 firm & difficult to peel away from the flesh. 



The flesh tends to be yellow on the side where it has been exposed to the sun & to 

 be green on the other side. 



The juice is plentiful & quite pleasant although it's a little tart. 



The pit is seven lignes long, five-&-a-half lignes wide, & four lignes thick. The 

 edge opposite the ridge 



