96 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The pit is small, soft, & doesn't cling to the flesh at all. It's six lignes long, four- 

 &-a-half lignes wide, and three lignes thick. 



This plum ripens around mid-August. It's quite good when fresh, but it's mainly 

 valued for its preserves & for its compotes because it acquires a very pleasant fragrance 

 when sugared. In addition it makes fine prunes. 



The small Mirabelle has the same shape. It's a bit yellower, drier, ripens earlier & 

 is not as large. It's only ten-&-a-half lignes long by nine-&-a-half lignes in diameter. 



XXX. PLUM TREE with small round yellow fruit speckled with red spots. 

 CLOTH OF GOLD. Double MIRABELLE. 



The shoots are short, quite stout, green-brown on the side in the sun and green on 

 the side in the shade. The tip is deep purple on the side in the sun and a golden color on 

 the opposite side. 



The buds are small, pointed, and lie against the branch. Their stems are very 

 prominent. 



The flowers are eleven lignes in diameter. Their petals are long & narrow. 



The leaves are oval, three inches long, two inches three lignes wide, a somewhat 

 pale green, denticulate on the margins and suspended on petioles eight lignes long. 



The fruit is small, almost round, and shaped like a small greengage. It's twelve 

 lignes long & thirteen lignes in diameter. The groove dividing it lengthwise is almost 

 imperceptible. Its stalk is slender, six lignes long, and inserts into the bottom of a small 

 recess. 



Its skin is delicate, yellow, and spotted with red on the side in the sun. 



Its flesh is yellow, tender, & very delicate. 



