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The leaves are very green and are folded along the central vein. They're three 

 inches long and two inches wide. If they terminated in a point at the tip in the same way 

 that they do at the stalk, they would be lozenge-shaped or rhomboidal. The denticulation 

 on the margins is large, rounded & not at all deep. The stalk is six to eight lignes long. 



The fruit is big and almost round. It's seventeen-&-a-half lignes in diameter & 

 seventeen lignes long. It's divided lengthwise by a groove that's barely discernible, & it's 

 slightly flattened on that side. As a result the diameter measured from the groove to the 

 opposite side is only sixteen lignes. Its convexity is more flattened near the top than at the 

 end near the stalk when viewed along its large diameter. The stalk, twelve lignes long, is 

 green, quite full, covered with light down and is set into a small recess. 



Its skin is light purple & covered with so much bloom that it looks kind of ashy. 

 It's speckled with very small tan spots. 



Its flesh is transparent & light green. It's firm & quite delicate. 



The juice is very flavorful & is similar to that of the Perdrigon. 



The pit doesn't cling to the flesh at all. It's eight lignes long, six lignes wide, & 

 four lignes thick. 



This plum ripens in mid-August. 



XXV. PLUM TREE with large very slightly flattened green fruit with ash-gray marks & 

 speckled with red. 



DAUPHINE. Large GREENGAGE. Green APRICOT plum. VERTE-BONNE. (PI XL) 



This is quite a vigorous tree & it fills out well. 



The shoots are strong & very stout. Their bark is brown 



