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fused with the present Brusseler Braune. Fruit large, almost round, compressed on one 

 side; skin dark brown changing to nearly black; flesh dark red, juicy, melting, mild when 

 mature; stone almost round; ripens toward the end of July. The drooping branches, 

 the small, sour cherry leaves which turn yellow and drop and the sweetness in flavor sepa- 

 rate it from the Grosse Morelle. 



Leschken (Leschke's) Schwarze Knorpel Kirsche. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 

 367. 1889. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Lethe. P. avium. 1. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 40. 1895. 



Lethe was grown by C. E. Hoskiiis, Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit of the Bigarreau 

 type, large, heart-shaped, surface smooth, glossy; cavity medium in size and depth, irreg- 

 ular, flaring, marked by irregular waves; suture shallow; stem very long, slender, curved; 

 skin thin, tenacious, ptirplish-black ; dots minute, indented; flesh very dark purplish-red, 

 firm, meaty, juicy, mild subacid, almost sweet; quality good; pit large, oval, semi-clinging; 

 ripens the last of June in Oregon. 

 Liefeld Braime. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 367. 1889. 



Guigne brune de Liefeld. 2. Guide Prat. 6, 191. 1895. 



Tree of mediimi size, very vigorous and productive; fruit large, cordate, brownish, 

 mottled; flesh red, sweet; of first quality; matures early in June. 



Lieke Bunte Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. III. Haiidb. 61 fig., 62. 1867. 2. Mathieu 

 Notn. Pom. 367. 1889. 



Bigarreau Tardi de Lieke. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 21, 190. 1876. 



Originated with Herr Lieke of Hildesheim, Prussia, Germany, fruiting for the first 

 time in 185 1. The fruit is one of the latest to ripen; large, obtuse-cordate, compressed; 

 stem long, slender, inserted in a rather wide, deep cavity; suture indistinct; skin glossy, 

 tough, yellow, streaked and spotted with a mild red; flesh faintly yellow, firm, sweet with 

 a pleasing sourness; stone small, oval; season late. 

 Lincoln (I). P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 468. 1869. 



Lincoln is a vigorous, spreading variety, found near Cleveland, Ohio. Fruit large, 

 oblong-cordate, pointed; suture broad, shallow; stem long; cavity deep; skin dark brown 

 when ripe; flesh firm, veined and mottled with shades of red, juicy, sprightly, sweet, pleas- 

 ant; pit above meditim in size; season the first to the middle of Jioly. 

 Lincoln (11). P. avium, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 289. 1889. 2. Wash. Sta. Bui. 92:29. 

 1910. 



Seth LeweUing of Milwaukee, Oregon, raised this variety in 1865 probably from a 

 seed of Eagle. Tree large, spreading, with an open top, seriously affected with black 

 apliis; fruit of medium size, roundish-cordate; skin very dark, thick, tough; stem short; 

 flesh firm, deep red, juicy; good quality; pit small, round. 

 Lindley. P. avium, i. Elliott Fr. Book 211. 1854. 



Lindley was raised by Professor J. P. Kirtland from seeds given him by M. Lindley, 

 Euclid, Ohio. Tree vigorous, moderately prolific; fruit large, heart-shaped, surface 

 tmeven; skin dark purplish-red; flesh almost firm, tinged red, juicy, deficient in richness; 

 season the first of July. 



