102 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



Frequently the tips of some of the stamens open up a little. I don't know of any other 

 plum tree that blooms so abundantly. 



The leaves are three-&-a-half inches long and two inches seven lignes wide. They 

 terminate in a point near the stalk; their widest part is at the other end. They're quite a 

 beautiful green and finely & not very deeply denticulate. They shrivel & fold up in 

 different directions. The ones on the fruiting branches are much smaller; they're barely 

 two inches by thirteen or fourteen lignes. 



The fruit is medium-sized, oblong, eighteen lignes long by fourteen lignes in 

 diameter; it's a little more enlarged at the end near the stalk than at the tip. The groove 

 that runs along it lengthwise is barely discernible. It's suspended on a slender stalk, six 

 lignes long at most and set almost flush with the fruit. 



Its skin is thin, purple, covered with a lot of bloom, and separates easily from the 

 flesh. 



The flesh is firm, delicate, and yellow bordering on green. 



The juice is sweet & pleasant. 



The pit is very elongated it and separates easily from the flesh. It's ten lignes long, 

 five lignes wide, three-&-a-half lignes thick and terminates in a very sharp point. 



This plum ripens at the beginning of August. It's very plump, good when fresh & 

 excellent as a prune. 



XXXVII. PLUM TREE with medium-sized, longer cherry-colored fruit darkened with spots 

 ffbcj. 



Red VARIEGATED PLUM. ROCHE-CORBON. (PL XX. Fig. 12.) 



This tree is vigorous & beautiful. It blooms profusely. 

 The shoots are thick, long, well-rounded, and covered with a fine, velvety, 

 palpable light gray down that conceals 



