LATE STRAWBERRY 



LIMBERTWIG 



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areolar with russet point or submerged, numerous toward 

 the basin ; calyx-tube conical ; stamens basal ; core 

 small, axile to abaxile ; cells not uniformly developed, 

 closed ; core-lines meeting or clasping ; carpels broad, 

 round to round-ovate, mucronate, sometimes emarginate, 

 tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, with a distinct and pleasant aroma ; very good to 

 best ; November to April or May. 



LATE STRAWBERRY. Fig. 32. Au- 

 tumn Strawberry. Fall Strawberry. The true 

 Late Strawberry is one of the best dessert 

 apples of its season. It is, however, an apple 

 only for the home orchard. Its reputation 

 has suffered because of confusion in nomencla- 

 ture, several distinct sorts being grown as Late 

 Strawberry. The variety is debarred from 

 commercial plantation because of the small 



32. Late Strawberry. 



size of the fruit and the long period of ma- 

 turity, which makes several pickings necessary. 

 The beauty and high quality of this apple 

 should make it a favorite in orchards planted 

 for choicely good fruit. The variety origi- 

 nated at Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, 

 and was first described in 1848. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, upright-spreading, 

 hardy, healthy, long-lived, yielding regularly and heavily. 

 Fruit small, uniform in size and shape, round or oblong- 

 conic, sometimes strongly ribbed, irregular ; stem long, 

 slender, often curved ; cavity acuminate, deep, broad, 

 furrowed, sometimes with thin radiating streaks of 

 light russet mingled with carmine ; calyx large, open ; 

 lobes often separated at base, short, acute, erect or 

 reflexed ; basin deep, wide, abrupt, furrowed and wrin- 

 kled ; skin pale yellow often almost entirely overspread 

 with bright red, dotted and streaked with purplish-car- 

 mine ; dots inconspicuous, light colored ; prevailing effect 

 bright striped red ; calyx-tube wide, conical ; stamens 

 basal ; core small, axile to abaxile ; cells closed or open ; 

 core-lines meeting ; carpels obovate ; seeds large, flat, 

 obtuse ; flesh yellow, fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, 

 aromatic, subacid ; very good ; September to December. 



LAWYER. Black Spy. Delaware Winter. 

 Lawver retains a place in pomology because 

 of the attractive appearance and long-keeping 

 quality of the fruit. The apples are a hand- 

 some red, very uniform in shape and size, and 

 keep in common storage until May or June. 

 They are, however, but mediocre in quality 

 scarcely desirable for either dessert or culinary 

 purposes. The trees come in bearing early, 

 and, as a rule, yield large crops biennially. 

 The variety is at its best in southern latitudes; 

 in the North the apples run small in size and 

 poor in color and quality. Fruit and foliage 

 are subject to apple-scab. The origin of 

 Lawver is uncertain, but it is said to have 

 come from Parkville, Missouri, soon after the 



Civil War, and to have been reintroduced from 

 Delaware under the name Delaware Winter. 



Tree vigorous, round-spreading, dense ; branches long, 

 stout, curved. Fruit medium to large, round or oblate, 

 regular and symmetrical ; stem variable, often long and 

 slender ; cavity acute or acuminate, deep, large and 

 broad, often compiessed or furrowed, more or less rus- 

 seted and often with outspreading russet rays ; calyx 

 small, closed or open, often leafy ; lobes sometimes 

 separated at the base ; basin wide, flat and obtuse, some- 

 times deep and abrupt, gently furrowed, sometimes 

 wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, occasionally showing 

 the yellow ground-color but usually covered with bright 

 red which deepens about the base and is often mottled 

 and streaked with dull gray scarf-skin, toward the apex 

 lighter red ; dots white or russet, small and numerous 

 about the basin, large and scattering toward the cavity ; 

 calyx-tube long, narrow at top, funnel-form ; stamens 

 median ; core abaxile, medium in size ; cells symmetrical, 

 open or closed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels concave, 

 round to obcordate, tufted ; seeds dark, large, wide, 

 obtuse, tufted ; flesh yellow, firm, breaking, fine, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, brisk subacid, aromatic ; fair to good ; 

 January to May or June. 



LEHIGH GREENING. Lehigh Greening 

 is of the Pippin rather than of the Greening 

 type, though the two groups are very similar. 

 Were there not several other better sorts of 

 its kind, the variety would be rated as an 

 excellent green winter-apple. Its origin is not 

 known, but it has been grown in Lehigh 

 County, Pennsylvania, since 1840 at least. 



Tree vigorous, wide-spreading, open ; branches stout, 

 crooked. Fruit medium to large, uniform in size and 

 shape, round-oblate to round-conic, sides sometimes un- 

 equal ; stem medium to long, slender ; cavity acute, 

 medium in depth, narrow, sometimes lipped, russeted 

 and often with outspreading russet rays ; calyx open ; 

 lobes narrow, acuminate, often separated at the base ; 

 basin large, abrupt, shallow, wide, gently furrowed ; 

 skin dark green becoming waxen yellow, occasionally 

 with a thin blush of bright red ; dots numerous, sub- 

 merged or pale areolar with russet point ; calyx-tube 

 long and wide, broadly funnel-shape ; stamens median ; 

 core small, abaxile ; cells symmetrical, wide open ; core- 

 lines clasping ; carpels pointed-ovate to broadly cordate, 

 tufted ; seeds numerous, medium in size, dark brown, 

 elongated, plump, acute ; flesh yellow, firm, fine, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, sprightly, mild subacid, aromatic ; good 

 or very good ; January to May. 



LIMBERTWIG. James River. Limber- 

 twig is a rather common appellation for varie- 

 ties of apples having willowy twigs. Possibly a 

 dozen varieties have been so called in different 

 parts of America, but the name belongs prop- 

 erly to a variety producing a medium-sized, 

 deep-red, late-keeping apple rather popular in 

 southern latitudes. The tree is vigorous and 

 productive, its slender branches usually bend- 

 ing in season with a heavy crop. The fruit 

 keeps from April until May. The origin of 

 Limbertwig is not known; the earliest notice 

 is that of Kenrick in 1832. 



Tree thrifty, productive, fruit hanging well to the 

 tree ; laterals slender becoming drooping with heavy 

 crops. Fruit medium, uniform in size and shape, round 

 to oblate-conic, symmetrical and regular ; stem medium 

 in length and thickness, usually not exserted ; cavity 

 acuminate, deep, broad, sometimes russeted, smooth or 

 gently furrowed ; calyx small, closed or partly open ; 

 lobes short, broad, sometimes recurved ; basin small, 

 narrow, shallow and obtuse or deep and abrupt, often 

 furrowed ; skin roughened with numerous conspicuous 

 russet dots, yellow covered with red, deepening in t'.ie 

 sun to dark red, obscurely striped with dull carmine, 

 sometimes marked with broken russet veins ; prevailing 

 effect dark red ; calyx-tube cone-shape ; stamens median ; 

 core sessile, abaxile, small ; cells not uniformly de- 

 veloped, symmetrical, closed or open ; core-lines clasping ; 



