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medium, ovate, regular, swelled in the lower part, obtuse, grass-green, often yellowish, 

 dotted, streaked, and stained with russet; flesh white, with some yellow tinge, fine, very 

 melting, juicy, sweet, vinous, aromatic and delicate; good to very good; Nov. 

 Leopold Riche. I. Downing Fr. Trees A m. 80 1. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 603. 1884. 



One of M. de Jonghe's seedlings. Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow, thickly sprinkled 

 with large cinnamon-russet dots; flesh rather coarse-grained, crisp, buttery, melting; juice 

 abundant, rich, thick and sugary, with a fine almond flavor; a very richly flavored pear; 

 Nov. 

 Lepine. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 



Tree of moderate growth but very productive. Fruit small, oblate, yellowish, shaded 

 with crimson, slightly russeted; flesh coarse, granular, melting, juicy, brisk, vinous, good; 

 Nov. and Dec. 

 Lesbre. i. Card. Chron. 415. 1863. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:339, % l86 9- 



Raised from seed at Boulogne-sur-Mer, before 1838, by M. Bonnet. Fruit medium 

 or above, turbinate, very obtuse and swelled, nearly always mammillate at the top; skin 

 rough, olive-yellow, sprinkled with many large russet dots and small brownish stains; 

 flesh white, fine and melting, juicy, rather granular at the core; juice abundant, sugary, 

 vinegary, with a delicate scent of anis; first; end of Aug. 

 Levard. I. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:340, fig. 1869. 



Grown on the seed beds of M. Leroy, Antwerp, Bel., and fruited in 1863. Fruit 

 below medium, globular- turbinate, irregular, bossed and always less swollen on one side 

 than on the other; color yellowish-green, dotted with brown and fawn, and entirely covered 

 with bronze-russet on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh greenish- white, fine, melting 

 and juicy, gritty around the core, sugary, acidulous, musky and very rich in flavor; first; 

 Nov. 

 Levester Zuckerbirne. i. Dochnahl Fwfcr. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856. 



Hanover, 1852. Fruit small, obtuse-turbinate, sides unequal, light green changing 

 to greenish-yellow, often streaked with red and finely dotted with greenish-russet; flesh 

 fine, deficient in juice, granular near the center, highly aromatic; first for household and 

 market purposes; Sept. and Oct. 

 Lewes, i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



Described by John Parkinson in 1629, in England,as " brownish greene pears, ripe 

 about the end of September, a reasonable well rellished fruit, and very moist." 

 Lewis, i. Prince Pom. Man. 1:140. 1831. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 



Originated on the farm of John Lewis, Roxbury, Mass., about 1811. Fruit below 

 medium, globular, obovate, obtuse, dark green in autumn, pale green at maturity, with 

 numerous russet specks; flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, melting, juicy and rich in 

 flavor, with a slight spicy perfume; Nov. to Feb. 



Lexington, i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:253. 

 1903. 



Originated in Kentucky and is said to resemble Bartlett, but to ripen two weeks 

 earlier. Hardy and free from blight, but described as " too poor " in quality. 



