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Lawrence's Favorite. See Lawrence Gage. 



LAWRENCE GAGE (Laivrence's Favorite). Fruit large, 

 round, and flattened at both ends. Skin dull yellowish- 

 green, streaked with darker green on the side exposed to 

 the sun, veined with brown, and covered all over with 

 thin grey bloom. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a 

 narrow cavity. Flesh greenish, tender, melting, and juicy, 

 rich, sugary, and with a fine vinous, brisk flavour, sepa- 

 rating from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A delicious dessert plum. Ripe in the beginning of 

 September. 



Leipzig. See QuetscJie. 



Little Queen Claude. See Yellow Gage. 



LOMBARD (BleeTcer's Scarlet; BecJcman's Scarlet). 

 Fruit medium size, roundish-oval, and marked with a, 

 shallow suture. Skin purplish-red, dotted with darker 

 red, and covered with thin bloom. Stalk half an inch 

 long, slender, set in a wide funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, and pleasantly flavoured, adhering to the 

 stone. Shoots smooth. 



A preserving or culinary plum. Ripe in the end of 

 August and beginning of September. 



London Plum. See White Primordian. 

 Long Damson. See Prune Damson. 



LucoMBE'a NONESUCH. Fruit above medium size, 

 round, and compressed on the side, where it is marked 

 with a broad suture. Skin greenish-yellow, streaked 

 with orange, and covered with a greyish-white bloom. 

 Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a rather 

 wide cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy, rich, 

 and sugary, with a pleasant briskness, and adhering to 

 the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A dessert and preserving plum, bearing considerable 

 resemblance to the Green Gage, but not so richly flavoured. 

 Ripe in the end of August. 



MCLAUGHLIN. Fruit large, roundish-oblate. Skirt 

 thin and tender, of a fine yellow colour, dotted and 

 mottled with red, and covered with thin grey bloom. Stalk 

 three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small round 

 cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, very juicy, sweet, with a rich 

 luscious flavour, and adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth, 



An excellent plum, ripening in the end of August. 



