PR UN US, PLUM TREE. 95 



Its skin is yellow, speckled with red. Its flesh is yellower & drier. 



XXIX. PLUM TREE with small (indeed the smallest) rounded oblong amber-colored fruit. 

 PLUM TREE with small green to yellow fruit. Inst. 



MIRABELLE (PL XIV.) 



This plum tree never grows to more than average height. But it's very bushy & 

 yields lots of fruit in clusters. 



The shoots are slender, red-purple at the tip and light gray elsewhere. 



The buds are quite big and are set close to one another. They make a very wide 

 angle with the branch. Their stems are prominent. 



The flowers are abundant. Two or three of them emerge from the same bud. 

 They're nine lignes in diameter; their petals are oval. 



The leaves are small, oval, very oblong, quite a deep green and finely denticulate 

 on the margins. They're twenty-eight lignes long, fourteen lignes wide, and are attached 

 by stalks that are quite slender & nine lignes long. 



The fruit is small, round, slightly oblong, thirteen lignes long & twelve lignes in 

 diameter. There's no detectable groove dividing it lengthwise. The stalk, seven lignes 

 long, is set flush with the fruit or in a very small indentation. 



Its skin is a bit leathery, yellow, turning an amber color when the fruit is 

 completely ripe & speckled with red when struck by sunlight. 



Its flesh is yellow, firm, & a little dry. However it gets juicier when the fruit is 

 allowed to ripen completely. 



The juice is extremely sweet. 



