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broad. Flesh white, tender, juicy, with a fine, rich, mild, sub- 

 acid, aromatic flavour. September to October. 



LONDON SWEET. 

 Heicke'a Winter Sweet. 



Tree upright, vigorous, a good bearer every year. 



Fruit medium or large, oblate. Skin pale yellow, with very 

 slight indications of russet, a little green russet around the 

 stalk, and sparsely covered with brown specks. Stalk exceedingly 

 short, in a large cavity. Calyx closed, set in an abrupt, open, 

 slightly uneven basin. Flesh whitish, juicy, tender, with a 

 very fine, delicate, sweet flavour, slightly aromatic. Novem- 

 ber to February. 



LONG ISLAND SEEK-NO-FURTHER. 

 Westchester Seek-no-further. Ferris. 



Origin unknown. An old variety. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. Fruit large, oblate, conical. Skin yellow, striped and 

 splashed with red. Flesh tender, juicy, with a sprightly sub- 

 acid flavour. Very good. October to February. 



LONG JOHN. 

 Red Pearmain. Long Pearmain. 



Grown in Ohio. A large, oblong, oval, nearly cylindric, 

 showy fruit, that has some reputation as a market apple about 

 Cincinnati. Skin whitish, shaded with red and thickly sprin- 

 kled with minute dots. Stalk long and slender, in an acute 

 cavity. Calyx small, nearly closed, in a round, open basin. 

 Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, sprightly sub-acid. November to 

 January. 



LOUDON PIPPIN. 



White's Loudon Pippin. 



Origin, farm of Mr. White, Loudon county, Va., and much 

 cultivated in that section. 



Fruit large, oblate, approaching conic, angular. Skin light 

 yellow, sprinkled with a few greyish dots. Stalk short, inserted 

 in a large cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx large, open, 

 basin smooth and even, rather deep. Flesh yellowish, compact, 

 tender, juicy, rich, sub-acid. December to February. 



LORING SWEET. 



Fruit medium, oblate. Skin greenish yellow, shaded with 

 red and sprinkled with brown specks. Stalk very short, in a 

 very large cavity. Calyx closed, basin shallow. Flesh tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and rich. November to June. 



