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XLVII. PLUM TREE with medium-sized oblong fruil, yellow on one side, becoming green on 

 the other. 



DATE PLUM. 



The date plum is medium-sized, slightly oblong and has a regular & pleasing 

 shape. It's fifteen-&-a-half lignes long, its large diameter is fifteen lignes, & its small 

 diameter is fourteen lignes. On one side it's divided lengthwise by a groove or rather by a 

 flattening that has almost no depth at all. This terminates at the top in a very small 

 indentation & at the other end in a narrow & quite deep cavity where the stalk inserts. 

 The stalk is quite full & fifteen lignes long. 



Its skin is beautifully yellow on the side in the sun; it's frequently marked with 

 small very bright red spots. The shaded side tends to be green. It's covered with white 

 bloom, it adheres to the flesh, and is leathery and sour. 



Its flesh is yellow and mushy. 



The juice usually is tasteless. 



The pit is nine-&-a-half lignes long, six-&-a-half lignes wide, and four lignes 

 thick. Its surface is practically smooth. 



This plum ripens about the beginning of September. 



XLVIII. PLUM TREE that bears fruit twice a year 



PLUM TREE that bears fruit twice a year. (PL XX. Fig. 13.) 



The fruit of this plum tree is worth cultivating less for its usefulness than as a 

 curiosity. It's long, almost olive-shaped and slightly more pointed at the tip than at the 

 stalk. It's divided lengthwise by a groove that's not very discernible. It's fourteen lignes 

 long & eleven lignes in diameter. 



