76 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The flowers are eleven lignes in diameter. As many as four of them emerge from 

 the same bud. The petals are oblong. 



The leaves are rhomboidal or an elongated lozenge shape. They're finely, 

 uniformly but not very deeply denticulate. They're thrcc-&-a-half inches long and 

 twenty-five lignes wide. The stalk is five to eight lignes long. 



The fruit is medium-sized and almost round. It's fifteen-&-a-half lignes in 

 diameter & fifteen lignes high. It's slightly flattened at the end near the stalk. The stalk is 

 eight lignes long, of medium thickness, & is set into the bottom of quite a deep & very 

 wide cavity. Its top end is rounded & not quite as big as the other end. The groove that 

 divides the fruit lengthwise usually is quite conspicuous but is not deep. 



Its skin is leathery and has a lot of bloom on it. It's a light purple that turns very 

 brown when the fruit is very ripe. 



Its flesh tends to be a bit yellow but inclines more to green. 



The juice is very sweet & has an extremely fine flavor. 



The pit hardly clings to the flesh at all. It's eight lignes long, six lignes wide, & 

 four lignes thick. 



This is a very fine plum. It ripens at the end of August. 



XIII. PLUM TREE with large nearly round pale purple fruit marked with yellowish-brown 

 spots. 



Maugerou DAMSON. (PL V.) 



This is a large & quite fruitful tree. 

 The shoots are short, stout, striated, purplish in color. 



The buds are short, thick at the base and are not very pointed. They're appressed 

 to the branch & are sort of stuck on it. Their stems are prominent & very broad. 



