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productive; fruit medium to large, heart-shaped, globular, often one-sided; stem medium, 

 inserted in a shallow depression; skin pale yellow, largely overspread with rich, bright 

 red; flesh white, juicy, sweet, rich, half -tender; pit medium to small; ripens early in June 

 and hangs well. 



Leather Stocking. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 19:167, 168. 1853. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 

 211, 212. 1S54. 



Leather Stocking was grown by Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1842, 

 from a pit of Yellow Spanish. Tree vigorous, hardy, moderately productive; fruit large, 

 heart-shaped, often obtuse; skin faint red becoming a rich reddish-black when fully ripe, 

 with irregular stripes and blotches of black; cavity deep, open; flesh firm, tinged with 

 red, sweet, fair; pit of medium size; season the last of July. 



Leib. P. avium, i. Card. Mon. 14:28. 1872. 2. Horticulturist 29:256. 1874. 3. 

 Downing Fr. Trees Am. -ivA Ap^. 163. 1881. 



This variety was brought from Germany about 1850 and planted in the garden of 

 a Mr. Leib, Galena, Illinois. It resembles Early Richmond and was claimed to be very 

 productive and hardy at the time of its introduction; it has not been widely disseminated. 

 Tree hardy, healthy, upright in growth, bearing abundantly; fruit of a crimson color, 

 sweet; quality good; season the end of June, following Early Richmond. 

 Leitzkauer. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 287. 1802. 



Saner Einmach and Backkirsche. 2. Kriinitz Enc. 73, 74. 1790. 



Leitzkauer Einmachweichsel. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 567-569. 1819. 



No doubt the name of this cherry arises from the cloister, Leitzkau, in Magdeburg, 

 Prussia, Germany, where it is widely planted. It is propagated by root cuttings and if 

 not pruned, grows tall, weak and drooping. Fruit medium to small, roundish; stem long; 

 skin dark brown to glossy black; flesh reddish, juicy, sour; stone small, red; ripens in August; 

 of little value. 



Lemercier. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Hort. Reg. (Am.) 1:343, 344. 1835. 2. Mag. 

 Hort. 13:399 fig., 400. 1847. 3. Hogg Frttit Man. 85. 1866. 4. Thomas Guide 

 Prat. 25. 1876. 5. Leroy Dirt. Pow. 5:353, 354 fig. 1877. 



Friihe Lemercier. 6. Ul. Handb. 157 fig., 158. i860. 



Discovered by M. Lemercier in Brabant, Belgium, about 1830; introduced into Paris 

 in 1835 and into America in 1842. It resembles Late Duke with which it ripens. Fruit 

 large, obtuse-cordate; suture shallow; stem long, inserted in a wide, deep cavity; skin 

 glossy, transparent, mottled with red; flesh yellowish before ripe, becoming red, firm but 

 melting, juicy, slightly acidulated, with a peculiar fragrance; stone rather large, roundish, 

 truncate at the base, slightly clinging; ripens the last of July. 

 Leopold (n). Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 367. 1889. 



Mentioned but not described. 

 Leopoldskirsche. P. cerasus. i. Christ Handb. 674. 1797. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 564-566. 1819. 



Griotte de Leopold. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 26, 195. 1876. 



This variety was received by Truchsess in 1796 from Pastor Winter as Brusseler 

 Bruyn by which name it was called by a few German pomologists. It should not be con- 



