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The flowers are thirteen-&-a-half lignes in diameter. The petals are oval, six 

 lignes long, four lignes wide and are slightly puckered on the edges. 



The leaves are large, oblong, and very much narrower near the stalk, where they 

 come to a point, than they are at the other end. They're four inches long and two inches 

 wide. The margins aren't very deeply denticulate. The stalk is an inch long. 



The fruit is big, almost round, seventeen lignes in diameter by sixteen-&-a-half 

 lignes high. The stalk is slender, yellowish green, ten lignes long, and inserts into the 

 center of a very small indentation. There's no noticeable groove dividing the fruit 

 lengthwise, but a flattening reduces the fruit's diameter by a //g«e-&-a-half on that side. 

 It's slightly flattened at the top & at the stalk. 



Its skin is light purple. It's very adherent to the flesh unless the fruit is very ripe. It 

 has bloom on it & is speckled with very small yellowish-brown spots. 



Its flesh is firm and tends to be slightly green in color. 



The juice is sweet & pleasant. 



The pit doesn't cling to the flesh at all. It's nine lignes long, seven-&-a-half lignes 

 wide, & four-&-a-half lignes thick. 



This is an excellent plum though somewhat vulnerable to worms. It ripens toward 

 the end of August. 



XIV. PLUM TREE with late, small, rich purple oblong fruit. 

 September DAMSON. Holiday PLUM. (PL VI.) 



This is a vigorous plum tree & it rarely fails to yield a lot of fruit. 



