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& two inches wide. Their stalk is about five or six lignes long. 



The fruit is small and oval-shaped like the white Perdrigon. It's well-rounded at 

 the middle and has no groove and almost no flattening. The stalk is nine lignes long and 

 is set in a very small indentation. It's slightly more blunt or flattened at the top than at the 

 other end. It's fifteen-&-a-half lignes high & fourteen-&-a-half lignes in diameter. It 

 grows bigger in favorable soil. 



Its skin is a beautiful red that tends to be slightly purple and is speckled with very 

 tiny tan spots. It has a lot of bloom on it. 



Its flesh is light yellow on the side in the sun and verges on green on the shaded 

 side. It's firm & delicate. 



The juice is plentiful, very sweet & flavorful. 



The pit is nine lignes long, five-&-a-half lignes wide, and three-&-a-half lignes 

 thick. It separates easily from the flesh. The edge opposite the ridge has an open & very 

 deep groove. 



This plum is later than the two preceding ones. It ripens in September. It's an 

 excellent fruit. 



XXIII. PLUM TREE with medium-sized, oblong, deep to pale purple fruit speckled with tan 

 spots. 



Normandy PERDRIGON. 



This plum tree, almost unknown in the vicinity of Paris, is large & vigorous. Its 

 wood is substantial & extremely brittle. 



The leaves are large, thick, and a beautiful green. 



The flowers are beautiful & are not likely to abort. 



The fruit is big, slightly oblong, and more enlarged near the stalk than at the top. 

 In rare instances it's divided lengthwise by a noticeable groove but usually only by a 

 flattening. 



