bright red flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, 

 crisp, rather dry, tender, markedly yellow, sweet and 

 of excellent flavour, slightly fragrant. Eye, closed, in 

 a moderately ribbed basin, generally higher on one 

 side. Stem, slender, in a wide slightly russeted cavity. 

 Growth, vigorous, rather drooping ; moderately fertile. 

 Leaf, large, long-oval, upfolded, undulating, sharply 

 serrate, down-hanging. Originated in New Jersey 

 before 1800. Very delicious when well grown. This I 

 have seen equal to American samples from a Sandstone 

 soil. 



Kirke's Scarlet Admirable : see Hollandbury. 



Knight's Codlin : see Wormsley Pippin. 



Lady : see Api. 



Lady de Grey's : see Kentish Fillbasket. 



Lady Derby : see Thorle. 



Lady's Finger : see Paradise White. 



LADY'S FINGER OF LANCASTER. Culinary, 

 November to January, medium, 3^ by 3f, conical, 

 uneven, flat -sided. Colour, pale yellow with very 

 faint red flush. Flesh, pale yellow, rather dry and 

 almost astringent. Eye, closed, in a shallow much 

 ribbed basin. Stem, short, in a narrow cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous ; very fertile. Origin, unknown. This apple 

 seems to be grown in many parts. I have seen trees 

 near Oxford, and have frequently received fruit from 

 Worcester. 



LADY HENNIKER. Her. Pom., 67. Culinary, 

 November to January, large to very large, 3j by 2\, 

 roundish-oblong, irregular, Colour, golden-yellow with 

 bright red flush and a few broad broken stripes. Flesh, 

 tender, yellow, Blenheim flavour. Eye, closed in a wide, 

 deep and boldly ribbed basin. Stem, moderately 

 long in a deep, rather narrow russet cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous, upright ; fertile. Leaf, rather large, long, 



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