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KING EDWARD'S (JacTcman's Melting). Fruit very 

 large, the size and shape of Uvedale's St. Germain. Skin 

 smooth and shining, of a beautiful grass-green colour, 

 which it retains even when ripe, and with a flush of 

 reddish-brown on the exposed side, thickly dotted all 

 over with large brown russet dots. Eye open, set in a 

 narrow, plaited basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted 

 without depression. Flesh fine-grained, tender and melt- 

 ing, juicy, but not very sugary, and with a perfume of 

 musk. 



The largest really melting pear, and, for its size, very 

 good. Ripe in September and October. 



Knight's Monarch. See Monarch. 

 Konge. See Windsor. 

 Lafare. See St. Germain. 



LAMMAS (Huntingdon). Fruit below medium size, 

 pyramidal, regular and handsome. Skin pale yellow, 

 streaked with red, and covered with red on the side next 

 the sun. Eye open, very slightly depressed. Stalk half 

 an inch long, inserted without depression. Flesh tender, 

 juicy, and melting, with an agreeable flavour. Ripe in 

 the beginning and middle of August. 



The tree is hardy, and a most abundant bearer. 



Lammas [of the Scotch]. See Crawford. 



LAURE DE GLYMES. Fruit above medium size, pyra- 

 midal. Skin entirely covered with a coat of fawn-coloured 

 russet, with mottles of lemon-coloured ground shining 

 through. Eye open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk an 

 inch long, stout and fleshy, not depressed. Flesh white, 

 tender and juicy, sweet and highly perfumed. Eipe in 

 the beginning of October. 



De Lavault. See Williams' Son Chretien. 

 Lent St. Germain. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 



LEON LE CLERC DE LAVAL. Fruit large, long-obovate, 

 and rounding towards the eye. Skin smooth and shining, 

 yellow, strewed with brown dots, and marked with 

 tracings of russet. Eye large, with long, straight, nar- 

 row segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk an inch and 

 a half long, inserted without depression by the side of 

 a fleshy lip. Flesh white, half-melting or crisp, juicy, 

 sweet, and perfumed. 



An excellent stewing pear, which in some seasons is 



