92 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The juice is sweet but not as flavorful as that of the Dauphine; it's often even 

 slightly tart. 



The pit doesn't cling to the flesh. It's eight lignes long, six lignes wide and three 

 lignes thick. 



This plum ripens at the beginning of September. Although much inferior to the 

 preceding one, it still can be ranked among the best plums. 



XXVII. PLUM TREE with semi-double flowers. 



PLUM TREE with semi-double flowers. (PL XII.) 



This plum tree is a variety of the Dauphine. It's just as vigorous but it yields much 

 less fruit. 



The shoots are big & strong. They're deep purple on the side in the sun and light 

 purple mixed with green on the opposite side. 



The buds are quite big, pointed and are close to the branch. Their stems are big & 

 prominent. 



The flower is an inch in diameter. It's semi-double and has twelve to eighteen 

 petals. The five or six outer ones are almost round, about five lignes in each dimension, 

 flat & not wrinkled at the margins. The inner ones are smaller & vary in size. The calyx is 

 green both inside & out which makes the center of the flower appear green. The pistil is 

 large. The stamens rest against the petals. 



The leaves are bright green and quite large. They're three-&-a-half inches long 

 and two inches three lignes wide. They're much less wide at the end near the stalk than 

 they are at the other end. The denticulation is quite delicate, uniform, rounded, & not 

 very deep. 



The fruit isn't as big as that of the Dauphine. It's often even much smaller than the 

 small greengage 



