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and an inch and three-quarters high ; round or oblate, even and regu- 

 lar in its outline. Skin, greenish yellow on the shaded side, and 

 covered with bright red, streaked with dark crimson, on the side next the 

 sun ; the surface marked here and there, and especially round the eye, 

 with patches of pale brown russet. Eye, small and closed, with flat 

 convergent segments, set in a shallow, rather flat, and plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 rather stout, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, 

 juicy, sweet, and with a fine flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, open. 



An excellent and very pretty dessert apple ; in use up to January. 

 It is much grown about Lincoln for market purposes. 



Lord Nelson. See Kirke's Lord Nelson. 



LORD RAGLAN. Fruit, round and even in outline. Skin, yellow 

 on the shaded side, and with a delicate red cheek, speckled with deeper 

 red, on the side next the sun. Eye, rather small, and closed, deeply 

 sunk in a plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a very narrow shallow 

 cavity, the base of the fruit being nearly flat. Flesh, tender, pleasantly 

 sub -acid. 



An excellent cooking apple ; in use during March and April. 



LORD SUFFIELD. Fruit, large, two inches and three quarters 

 wide and three inches high ; conical or ovate, even in its outline, with 

 several obtuse angles on its sides. Skin, smooth, pale greenish yellow, 

 with sometimes a tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small, and quite 

 closed, the segments being connivent and placed in a plaited basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, slender, over half an inch 

 long, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, tender, and firm, very 

 juicy, and briskly flavoured. Cells, open, ovate ; abaxile. 



One of the best early cooking apples ; it is in use during August and 

 September. 



The tree is an early and very prolific bearer, and one of those 

 varieties which, on account of these properties, is not long lived. 



This was raised by a hand-loom weaver named Thomas Thorpe, of Boardman 

 Lane, Middleton, near Manchester, and was first let out in 1836 or 1837. It was 

 called Lord Suffield on account of that nobleman being at the time Lord of the 

 Manor of Middleton. 



Lovedon's Pippin. See Xonpareil. 



LUCOMBE'S PINE APPLE (Pine Apple; Pine Apple Pippin). 

 Fruit, rather below medium size ; ovate or conical, slightly and 

 obscurely ribbed about the eye. Skin, of an uniform clear pale yellow, 

 but with an orange tinge on the side next the sun, the whole surface 

 thinly strewed with pale brown russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with 

 broad ovate segments, reflexed at the tips, set in a narrow, shallow, and 

 plaited basin. Stamens, marginal or median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, stout, about a quarter of an inch long, inserted in a narrow and 



