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660. LORD CHENEY'S GREEN. 



This is a middle sized Yorkshire apple, resembling the Yorkshire 

 Greening ; it is of a dark green color, with a little of a chocolate color 

 next the sun. This is a baking apple, and keeps till the middle of 

 M2Ly.—Fors. Treat 113. 



661. LUCAS'S PIPPIN. 



This is a handsome, middle sized, cylindrical-shaped apple ; and of a 

 beautiful orange color. A pretty good fruit, and keeps till the latter 

 end of April. — Fors. Treat. 113. 



662. MACBETH. 



A Scotch variety found in the Carse of Gowrie orchards, but rare. 

 The tree is a good bearer. — 31. C. H. S. iv. 474. • 



663. MACLEAN. 



A variety grown in the Carse of Gowrie orchards. The tree gets 

 diseased when old, requires to be planted in ground new to fruit trees ; 

 fruit keeps well, of excellent quality, and weighs exceedingly heavy. — 

 31. C. H. S. iv. 472. 



664. MACLEAN'S FAVORITE. 



A variety of the highest excellence as a dessert fruit, it is of medium 

 size, and roundish shape ; skin, of a yellow color ; and in use from 

 October till January. — H. S. C. n. 419. 



665. MAGGIE DUNCAN. 



A Scotch apple, grown in the orchards of the Carse of Gowrie. Tree 

 an excellent bearer ; a valuable orchard apple, though not commonly 

 cultivated ; fruit, very sweet. — 31. C. B. S. iv. 474. 



666. MAIDEN. 



A Scotch apple, raised by Mr. Brown, of the Perth nursei-y. Tree, 

 an excellent bearer ; fruit, very acid ; but one of the best kitchen 

 apples that grows, does not keep well. — 31. C. H. S. iv. 474. 



667. MALTSTER. 



A Nottinghamshire apple, for kitchen use. It is a very fine variety, 

 and is in use just before the late-keeping kinds. The tree is a great 

 bearer, and a free grower. — 3Iid. Flor. 



668. MANSFIELD TART. 



This is a large Nottingham apple, but most known in Yorkshire. It 

 is handsome, and of a green color, having a little cast of a brownish-red 



