198 PEARS. 



half-melting, and is in use from January till May and 

 June. 



LEON LE CLKRC DE LOUVAIN. Fruit medium sized, 

 longish-oval, and blunt at both ends. Skin of a yellow 

 colour, washed with red on the side next the sun. Eye 

 large and closed. Stalk an inch long, and pretty thick. 

 Flesh yellowish, half-melting, juicy, sweet, and pretty 

 well flavoured. Hipe in the middle of November. 



Both of the above are very distinct pears from Van 

 Mons Leon le Clerc. 



LEOPOLD THE FIRST. Fruit medium sized, oval, in- 

 clining to pyriform. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with 

 flakes and dots of russet. Eye open, irregular, slightly 

 depressed. Stalk an inch long, thick and curved. FJcsh 

 yellowish-white, melting, very juicy, rich, sugary, and 

 highly perfumed. 



A first-rate dessert pear. Ripe in December and 

 January. The tree forms a very handsome pyramid. 



LEWIS. Fruit medium sized, oblong-obovate. Skin 

 pale green, assuming a yellow tinge as "it ripens, thickly 

 covered with brown russet dots and with patches of 

 russet round the stalk and the eye. Eye large and open, 

 slightly depressed. Stalk an inch and three quarters 

 long, slender, and inserted without depression. Flesh 

 yellowish-white, very tender, melting, and very juicy, 

 rich and sugary, with a somewhat aromatic flavour. 



An excellent pear, in use from November to January. 

 The tree is an abundant bearer and hardy. 



Liard. See Napoleon. 



Linden d'Automne. See G-lou Morceau. 



LODGE. Fruit about medium size, obtuse-pyriform. 

 Skin smooth and shining, yellowish-green, mottled with 

 darker green; marked with a few flesh-coloured dots on 

 the side next the sun, and strewed all over with faint 

 tracings of delicate russet. Eye closed, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk upwards of an inch long, slender, inserted 

 without depression. Flesh white, tender, melting, and 

 juicy, but with no particular aroma or flavour. Eipe in 

 October. 



This is somewhat like Louise Bonne of Jersey, but very 

 inferior to that variety. 



Longueville. See Sampdens Bergamot. 



