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XLIII. PLUM TREE with medium-sized oblong waxen fruit, 

 PLUM TREE with wax-colored fruit. Inst. 

 SAINTE-CATHERINE. (PL XIX.) 



This tree is vigorous & yields a lot of fruit. 



The shoots are long, thick, well-rounded, light brown bordering on purple, and 

 speckled with very tiny gray spots. 



The buds are medium-sized, pointed, and not close to the branch. Their stems are 

 quite elevated. 



The flowers are eleven lignes in diameter. The petals are oval-shaped, flattened on 

 the sides. The tips of the stamens are dark yellow. 



The leaves are three inches six lignes long and twenty-one lignes wide. They're 

 widest at the center, & the two ends both come to a point. Their denticulation is fine & 

 deep. The stalk is nine lignes long. 



The fruit is medium-sized, oblong, fifteen-&-a-half lignes in diameter & 

 seventeen lignes long. It's slightly more enlarged at the tip than at the stalk, which is 

 slender, nine lignes long and inserts into a narrow cavity. It's divided lengthwise by a 

 groove that's wide & quite deep near the stalk & at the tip where it terminates at a small 

 flattening. 



Its skin is green verging on yellow and well covered with bloom. It turns amber 

 when the fruit is completely ripe & is even spotted with red when the tree is on espalier. 

 It's always slightly leathery & adheres to the flesh. 



Its flesh is yellow, soft & delicate when the fruit is fully ripe. 



The juice is then very sweet & has excellent flavor. 



