200 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



are racket-shaped. They're much longer than they are wide, slightly concave & ruffled at 

 the ends. 



The fruit is big and varies a great deal in size & shape. Some are two inches eight 

 lignes in diameter by three inches five lignes high; others are two inches eight lignes in 

 diameter by two inches ten lignes high. There are others that are the same in diameter and 

 height. Some are flattened lengthwise & are two inches nine lignes in diameter in one 

 direction, two inches four lignes in the other and three inches five lignes high. The eye is 

 set in a deep funnel-shaped recess that's often compressed or oval-shaped and bordered 

 with bumps that normally extend down as far as the most enlarged part of the fruit & 

 form ridges there that make the top of the fruit seem sort of crooked. From its greatest 

 circumference, which is slightly nearer to the eye than to the stalk, the fruit decreases 

 considerably in size in the direction of the stalk, sometimes uniformly, sometimes 

 unevenly, sometimes terminating in a sharp point and at other times in a very blunt point. 

 As a result, some of the fruits are pyriform and others look somewhat gourd-like. Most of 

 them are of indeterminate shape. The stalk is thick at the end and short, only four to six 

 lignes long. Sometimes it attaches flush with the fruit, at other times it inserts into a small 

 indentation edged with small bumps, and at yet other times between two or three bumps 

 without any indentation. 



The color of its skin is also variable. In loose soil, when the tree is grafted on a 

 quince tree, it's lemon yellow on the shaded side and a beautiful bright red on the side in 

 the sun. Sometimes it's yellowish speckled with gray and has no red at all. In pure & 

 substantial soil it's the same color as the Crasanne. 



Its flesh is semi-buttery, tender & very good. It often has several very small 

 granules. In pure & substantial soil 



