396 THE PEAB 



LlEUTANANT 



Foreign. Fruit, of large size, resembling in color Glout Morceau ; sKin, 

 yellow, netted and spotted with russet ; flesh, white, juicy, half melting. 

 Ripe from February to April. (Leroy's Cat.) 



LIMON. 



No. 8 of Van Mons, | Beurre Haggenton. 



Foreign. This promises to take a first-class rank. Tree, moderately 

 vigorous; shoots, long, slender, reddish brown. Fruit, above medium, obo- 

 vate roundish, yellow, with faint red cheek ; stem, rather short ; basin, 

 shallow ; flesh, white ; melting, juicy, nearly ' best." August. 



LOCKE. 



Locke's New Beurrd. 



American. From West Cambridge, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish 

 obovate, yellowish green, spotted with shades of darker green and russet ; 

 stem, medium ; calyx, small, half closed ; flesh, greenish white, juicy, vin- 

 ous } " good. 7 ' November and December. 



LOUIS DUPONT. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous and beautiful, promises to be fertile. Fruit, 

 sufficiently large, sometimes in the form of Doyenne, but ordinarily longer 

 and more turbinate ; skin, smooth, dull green, passing to yellow at matu- 

 rity, strongly shaded with fawn russet, sometimes striped and marbled ; 

 flesh, white, half fine, melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. A fruit of first 

 quality, ripening towards the end of October. (An. Pom.) 



LYCURGUS. 



A variety originated by Geo. Hoadley, Esq., of Cleveland, from seed of 

 the Winter Nelis, collected from fruit grown on a Winter Nelis tree in 

 close proximity to a tree of Martin Sec. The fruit has outward form, and 

 russet yellow skin, closely resembling the Martin Sec, and its texture melt- 

 ing and juicy and sprightly, as the Winter Nelis, but with the sweet saccha- 

 rine of the Martin Sec. 



Fruit, below medium, generally oblong pyriform, occasionally oblong 

 obovate pyriform ; color, rich dull yellow, overspread with brownish yellow 

 russet ; stem, usually three-fourth inch long, slender, set without depres- 

 sion, and one side a slight lip ; calyx, large in proportion to the size of 

 fruit, open ; segments, connected : basin, shallow ; flesh, yellowish, hard, 

 and of breaking texture, until fully ripe, when it becomes melting, juicy, 

 and extremely sweet, with a spicy, sprightly, and slightly vinous charac 

 ter ; core, compact ] seeds, large : capsules, close. January. 



MADAME ELIZA. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, wood stout. Fruit, large, pyriform : skin, 

 smooth, bright green, and becomes almost yellow at maturity ; flesh, rosy, 

 fine, buttery, melting, abounding with sweet juice, very agreeably perfumed. 

 November,. ( Al. Pom.) Excellent in Belgium, promising well here. The 

 tree is hardy, but has an awkward, rather crooked, and declining habit, 

 and very narrow leaves. The young shoots are olive gray. 



