flat, sharply serrate, very dark green. Origin, raised 

 by Lord Henniker, at Thornham Hill, Suffolk, about 

 1845. A good old sort still worth growing. 



LADY SUDELEY. Dessert, August to September, 

 large, 2f by 2j, oblong-conical. Colour, bright golden- 

 yellow, heavily splashed with brilliant scarlet stripes 

 and flush. Flesh, yellow, tender, very juicy, of delicious 

 flavour. Eye, closed in a deep and boldly ribbed basin. 

 Stem, rather short in a deep russet cavity. Growth, 

 moderate, compact ; fertile. Leaf, medium, narrow, 

 down-curved, upfolded, undulating, bi-serrate. Origin, 

 raised by Mr. Jacobs, of Petworth. Introduced by 

 Messrs. George Bunyard & Co., in 1885. This variety 

 has sported since its introduction into a paler and 

 slightly russet form, which keeps quite distinct when 

 propagated. 



Lady Suffield : see Lord Suffield. 



LAMB ABBEY PEARMAIN. Ronalds, p. 21. 

 Dessert, January to April, very small, 2j by 2, oblong, 

 regular. Colour, clear yellow with dull red flush and 

 stripes. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, sugary and rich. 

 Eye, large and open in a wide basin. Stem, slender, 

 in a russet cavity. Growth, vigorous, rather upright ; 

 fertile. Leaf, round, oval, very boldly bi-serrate, 

 held flat. Origin, raised near Dartford, at the end of 

 the eighteenth century from a pip of a Newt own Pippin. 

 Of good quality but little grown now. 



Lammas : see Red Joaneting. 

 Lancashire Crab : see Minchall Crab. 

 Landmere Russet : see Hanwell Souring. 



LANDSBERGER REINETTE. Her. Pom., 49. 

 F., Reinette de Lansberg. Dessert, October to Jan- 

 uary, medium, 2| by 2j, round conical, irregular. 

 Colour, yellow with crimson flush. Flesh, tender, 

 white, sweet. Eye, open or closed, in a broad basin. 

 Stem, thin and long deeply inserted in a deep cavity. 



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