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KING OF THE PIPPINS. 



Hampshire Yellow. 



Often grown west as Gravenstein. Medium, roundish, oblong, yellow and 

 red splashed, flesh white, slightly sweet, not agreeable ; October, .November. 



KIRKE'S LORD NELSON. 



Foreign ; large, roundish, red on pale yellow, fiesh firm, juicy, acid ; Octo- 

 ber, December. 



LADIES' BLUSH. 



American ; medium, yellow, with red blush, flesh dry. 

 LADY FINGER. 



Sheep Nose. 



Medium, oblong, pale yellow, faint blush, flesh firm, watery ; November, De- 

 cember. 



LANE SWEET. 



Small, roundish, flattened, yellow with red, flesh yellowish, dry ; November. 

 LEMON PIPPIN. 



Kirke's Lemon Pippin. 



Foreign 5 medium, oval, pale greenish yellow, flesh firm, sub-acid ; October, 

 January. 



LONG ISLAND RUSSET. 



Medium, roundish oblong, dull yellowish russet, flesh greenish, dry j Decem- 

 ber, March. 



LOAN'S ENGLISH PEARMAIN. 



Small, roundish conical, dull red and russet, flesh firm, almost worthy cul- 

 ture ; September, October. 



LONGVILLE'S KERNEL. 



Foreign ; below medium, oval, flattened, brownish red on yellow, flesh firm, 

 sub-acid 5 August, September. 



LONG JOHN. 



American ; large, conical, greenish yellow, flesh yellowish white, dry, great 

 keeper. 



LUCOMBE'S SEEDLING. 



Foreign ; large, roundish conical, yellow spotted with red in sun, flesh whit- 

 ish, firm, cooking ; October, December. 



LUCE'S EARLY JOE. 

 American ; small, round, bright red on yellow, flesh crisp, inferior; September. 



