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pearance of its foliage, which is quite abundant, 

 elongated, very much undulated, and of an intense 

 green. 



This variety is the least cultivated of the three 

 generally grown at Paris. The gardeners use it 

 only for the summer sowing to come at the end of 

 the season. It is now being supplanted by other 

 late sorts. 



Late Walcheren, see Walcheren. 



Lefe^-re. — Said to have been one of the best four 

 varieties for Central France in 1852, the others be- 

 ing Demi-dur de Paris (Half Early Paris), Early 

 Duke, and Gros Salomon. 



Le ]\L\itee Pied Court. — xls grown at the New 

 York experiment station in 1885, it was rather 

 early. Probably the same as the '* Lemaitre "' or 

 Chamboui'cy Short- Stemmed, catalogued by Yil- 

 morin in 1890. 



LE^-ORMA^-D {Ancient Lenovmand, Late Lenor- 

 mand, Lenormand Extra Large, Lenormand Mam- 

 moth). — Yilmorin said, in 1883: "It is now a 

 score of years since the attention of the trade was 

 called to this variety, principally because of its beauty 

 and its great hardiness against cold. The Lenor- 

 mand is in appearance but little different from the 

 Half Early Paris (Demi-dur). The leaves are only 

 a little larger. It certainly requires a little less 

 care than other varieties, but its chief merit 



