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Lavy (Christmas Apple). While this variety is a late keeper 
it is usually sold at the Christmas season, and seldom held late, 
as there is little call for it after the holidays. It stands heat well 
before going into storage. 
Lady Henniker (see HENNIKER). 
Lavy Sweer (Pommeroy, Lady’s Sweeting). Ranks hardly 
with Baldwin as a keeper. 
In the Station tests, 29 specimens were stored October 17, 1898. 
The average life extended to April 30 and the last fruit went out 
June 12. 
In the Department cold storage tests, hard, half-green, imma- 
ture fruit from this Station, stored October 27, remained hard and 
sound throughout the storage season. 
Storage men report its season as extending in cellar storage 
to March or April, and in chemical cold storage to May or June. 
It stands heat well before going into storage and goes down 
gradually, sometimes after having become soft or shriveled. 
LanKForp (Langford, Bickers). This variety is one of the 
worst varieties to scald after mid-winter. 
In the Station tests fruit was stored in 1895, ’96 and ’97. The 
mean dates were for storing October 17; for average life April 
22; and for discarding of last fruit July 15. The rate of loss 
through the fall and winter is usually low, increasing in March 
and becoming high in May. 
In the Department cold storage tests medium sized, very hard, 
half-colored fruit from this Station was stored October 21. It 
began scalding in January but remained hard through the storage 
season. 
Lanpspere (Landsberger Reinette). In the Station tests 51 
apples were stored September 25, 1895, and 105 apples October 
16, 1897. The mean date for storing was October 6; for average 
life February 23; and for discarding the last fruit July 21. The 
loss was rather high in November, moderate through the winter 
and high again from about March 1 till the close of the season. 
In the Department cold storage tests bright No. 1 fruit from 
this Station, stored October 21, reached its commercial limit 
January 15, after which the flesh mellowed; no scald. 
Larce Lapy. In the Station tests 105 apples were stored Octo- 
ber 8, 1898. Average life extended to May 10 and the last fruit 
