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Lawson. Medium to large, obovate, inclined to pyriform; color 

 yellowish with red cheek and scattering brown specks; stalk three- 

 quarters of an inch long, stout, fleshy, inclined, and inserted in slight 

 cavity; basin broad, shallow, slightly corrugated. Flesh whitish, 

 quite coarse, breaking, and sweet, quality fair to good. A culinary 

 market variety grown in the South. New York. 



Le Conte. Large, roundish, oblong, turbinate pyriform; color 

 yellow with red on sunny side. Flesh melting, sweet, perfumed, 

 vinous, quality only good. Much grown at the South for the northern 

 market. Season, midsummer. Chinese seedling. 



Leroy (Madame Andre Leroy}. Large to very large, oblong obo- 

 vate, or pyriform; color greenish yellow entirely covered with gray 

 russet; stem short, stout, obliquely inserted with a fleshy base at the 

 extremity of the neck. Flesh white, melting, juicy, vinous, very 

 good. Season very late. Usually grown on quince. France. 



Lexington. A variety grown in Texas and the South. Mr. T. V. 

 Munson's description : " About the size of Bartlett and much like it. 

 It ripens one week later than Bartlett and is equal to it in quality. 

 It has never blighted since I knew it until this season when a few 

 twigs were attacked when many other varieties were killed. It 

 blooms later than most varieties and only bears when cross-pollinated 

 by intermingling varieties." 



Lincoln. Large, obovate pyriform. surface quite smooth, greenish 

 yellow, with traces of russet and brown dots; stem medium in length, 

 quite stout, fleshy at insertion with the regular small cavity; basin 

 regular, medium, with shallow corrugation. Flesh whitish, fine- 

 grained, buttery, very juicy, vinous, good to very good. A hardy 

 prairie variety rapidly corning into public notice. Illinois. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. Large, oblong pyriform, with sides 

 unequal; skin glossy, pale green, with brownish red in the sun; 

 dots gray and numerous; stalk half an inch long, curved, and in- 

 serted at one side of neck without cavity; basin shallow, uneven. 

 Flesh greenish white, juicy, melting, with very rich flavor, good to 

 very good. Season, autumn. Grown across the continent. France. 



Macomber. Medium, pyriform; color greenish yellow with 

 bright red cheek; dots numerous, small, russet; stalk short, quite 

 stout and fleshy at insertion in medium cavity, with convex slope and 

 russeting; basin medium, regular, flaring, with russet markings. 

 Flesh whitish, with greenish core line, buttery, melting, juicy, sweet, 



