84 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



XX. PLUM TREE with small ovoid green to while fruit, marked with red spots where it faces the 

 sun. 



White PERDRIGON. (PL VIII.) 



This plum tree is liable to abort, so it's best to plant it on espalier. 



The shoots are brown, short and thick. They're purple at the tip and covered with a 

 whitish powder or down. 



The buds are big and are close to the branch. They have prominent stems. 



The flowers are eleven lignes in diameter. They're fully open. Two or three 

 emerge from the same bud. The petals are round & flat. 



The leaves are two inches ten lignes long and nineteen lignes wide. They're much 

 narrower near the stalk where they terminate in a sharp point than they are at the other 

 end which terminates in a blunt point. The denticulation is uniform, quite large & quite 

 deep. The stalk is nine lignes long. 



The fruit is small. It's fifteen-&-a-half lignes high & fourteen-&-a-half lignes in 

 diameter. It's somewhat longish & its diameter is smaller near the stalk than it is near the 

 tip. The groove dividing it lengthwise is almost undetectable. The stalk is eight lignes 

 long, quite slender, and inserts into the bottom of a very small recess. 



Its skin is leathery, whitish green speckled with red on the side in the sun and 

 covered with a very white bloom. 



Its flesh is slightly greenish white, transparent, delicate, and tender though firm. 



The juice has a slight fragrance that's unique. It's so sugary that when the fruit is 

 very ripe it tastes like jam. 



The pit is seven lignes long, five lignes wide, 



