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This appears to be the same variety as that described by Hansen under 

 the name Lead with the synonym No. 362 (14). This he says is not the 

 true Lead. He describes the true Lead with synonym No. 3 M as a Russian 

 variety, large, heavy, roundish, greenish-yellow with dull blush ; flesh green- 

 ish-white, sharp subacid, good in quality; season early winter. 



LINCOLN PIPPIN. 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1881 193 app. fig. 

 SYNONYMS. None. 



Fruit medium to large, yellow with no blush, subacid, excellent for either 

 dessert or culinary uses ; season November and December. Under favorable 

 conditions some portion of the fruit may be kept through the winter. The 

 tree is large, spreading, somewhat open, moderately vigorous with rather 

 short, stout twigs, hardy, long-lived. It does not come into bearing very 

 young but when mature is a pretty reliable annual bearer, ripening the crop 

 evenly. The fruit is fair, averages pretty uniform in size and shape and is 

 reliable and satisfactory in color and quality. Downing describes it as 

 " medium to large, roundish oblate, slightly conical, slightly angular, sides 

 sometimes a little unequal ; skin pale greenish-yellow, moderately sprinkled 

 with grayish dots; stalk short to long, slender; cavity large, deep, calyx 

 small, closed; basin small or medium, slightly corrugated; flesh half fine, pale 

 whitish-yellow, tender, juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic; very good; core 

 rather large. October, December" (i). 



Historical. So far as we can learn this variety : cultivated only in the 

 vicinity of Syracuse. Downing states that it is an old variety, said to have 

 been brought to Syracuse from Connecticut ; the original name having been 

 lost it was named Lincoln after Reuben Lincoln who brought it into 

 notice (i). 



LINDENWALD. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869 1254. 2. Burrill and McCluer, ///. Sta. Bui., 

 45:330. 1896. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



A variety which originated with J. G. Sickles, Stuyvesant, Columbia county, 

 N. Y. Downing describes the fruit as of medium size, yellow with light 

 shades of red; flesh crisp, juicy, pleasant subacid, good to very good; season 

 September (i). 



We have received no report of this being grown outside of the locality of 

 its origin. 



LONGFIELD. 



REFERENCES, i. Webster, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 7:52. 1881. 2. Ib., 

 8:71. 1881-82. 3. Budd, la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1882:77. 4. Gibb, Ib., 1883:425. 

 5. Webster,' Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1883:113. 6. Budd, la. Agr. Coll. Bui, 

 1883:28. 7. Gibb, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1883:66. fig. 8. Budd, la. Agr. 

 Coll. Bui, 1885:5. 9. Gibb, Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1886-87:15. 10. 

 Schroeder, Ib., 1886-87:74. u. Craig, Ib., 1886-87:103. 12. Hoskins, Rural 



