UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 395 



LAS CANAS. 



Foreign. Tree, upright, vigorous, early, good bearer. Fruit, medium or 

 below pyriform, pale yellow, partly covered with thin russet ; seeds, black; 

 flesh, juicy, sweet, nearly " best." October. 



LA JUIVE. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous ; branches, upright. Fruit, above medium, 

 pyriform, yellow, with gray specks ; stem, short ; flesh, yellowish, buttery, 

 juicy. Ootober. 



LAMORICIERE. 

 General Lamoriciere. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, pyriform, gray, with green dots ; stem, stout , 

 calyx, large, closed ; flesh, greenish white, melting, buttery, juicy. Last 

 September. 



LAHERARD. 



Foreign. Fruit, above medium, obovate, obtuse pyriform, lemon yel- 

 low, brownish red cheek in sun ; calyx, closed ; stem, stout ; flesh, white, 

 melting, juicy, pleasant, sub-acid ; " very good. ' October. Succeeds on 

 Quince. 



LAURE DE GLYMES. 



Foreign. Tree, productive. Fruit, medium, oval turbinate, dull yellow, 

 nearly covered with orange russet; stem, short ; calyx, open; flesh, white, 

 melting, juicy, pleasant ; '' good." October, November. 



LENAWEE. 



Origin, uncertain. Grown at Adrian, Michigan, and introduced by Dr. 

 D. K. Underwood of that place, and description made by T. M. Cooley. 



Fruit, medium to large, ovate pyriform, generally more or less one-sided, 

 surface frequently irregular ; skin, lemon yellow, with small russet specks, 

 and a lively vermilion cheek in the sun ; stalk, an inch long, curved, in- 

 serted without depression, sometimes below a fleshy protuberance ; calyx, 

 small, set in a shallow basin ; flesh, yellowish white, tender, buttery, with 

 a high and quite peculiar aromatic flavor. Ripens first to middle of August. 

 (Downing.) 



LEOPOLD I. 



Foreign. Tree of moderate vigor. Fruit, large, turbinate pyriform; 

 skin, smooth, green, spotted with brown russet ; flesh, whitish, melting, 

 buttery, juicy, sweet, and strongly perfumed. Ripens middle of December, 

 and keeps till January. (Al. Pom.) 



LEE'S SEEDLING. 



American. Native of Salem, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish ovai, 

 greenish russet, brown in sun ; stem, short ; calyx, open ; core, large ; flesh, 

 white, coarse, juicy ; " good." September. 



LIBERALS. 



Foreign. Fruit, rather large, elongated, truncate pyriform ; skin, green- 

 ish yellow, sprinkled with brown or russet, and having patches of russet ; 

 stem, long, curved, inserted in a cavity at an inclination ; calyx, large and 

 open : basin, broad and shallow ; flesh, juicy, melting, sweet, ricj^ and pecu- 

 liarly aromatic. October. 



