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The juice is quite flavorful and slightly tart. 



The pit is nine-&-a-half lignes long, six lignes wide, & four lignes thick. It 

 adheres to the flesh only at a few spots on its side. 



This plum, which is very similar to the Imperiale, ripens toward the end of August 

 and in warm & loose soil around mid-August. 



XXXV. PLUM TREE with the largest possible oval white fruit. 

 White IMPERIALE. 



This plum tree yields little fruit & is hardly worth cultivating. It's very vigorous. 

 The shoots are whitish, big & strong. The flowers are very big; the leaves are large & 

 long. 



The fruit is very big, oval, with the shape & almost the size of a turkey's egg. Its 

 skin is white and leathery and adheres to the flesh, which is white, firm, & diy. The juice 

 is sour & unpleasant. The pit is long, pointed, & doesn't separate from the flesh at all. 



This fruit, which I believe is the same as the large date plum, has no value other 

 than its size & attractive shape. It's worthless either fresh or as a prune. It can be made 

 into fine compotes with lots of sugar. 



XXXVI. PLUM TREE with medium-sized, longer pale purple fruit. 

 Purple VARIEGATED PLUM. (PL XVII.) 



This tree yields a lot of fruit. 



The shoots are stout, of average length, light gray, and covered with a very thick 

 whitish down. 



The buds are big, tripled or quadrupled like those on the apricot tree. Their stems 

 are very prominent. 



The flowers are an inch in diameter. Their petals are oval. 



