Growth, strong ; fertility moderate. Leaf, large, 

 variable in shape, boldly crenate. Origin, German 

 Raised by Councillor Burchardt, at Lansberg. Now 

 little cultivated. It is said to be very firmly attached 

 to the tree, thus withstanding autumnal gales. 



Lane's : see Lane's Prince Albert. 



LANE'S PRINCE ALBERT. Her. Pom. 52. G., 

 Prinz Albert. (Prince Albert, Lane's.) Culinary, 

 January to March, large, 3 J by 3, round conical. Colour, 

 yellowish-green with distinct red stripes and slight 

 pinkish flush. Skin, remarkably smooth. Flesh, 

 tender, greenish-white, acid. Eye, generally closed in 

 a deep wide slightly ribbed basin. Stem, short in a 

 wide deep, russet free cavity. Growth, dwarf, spreading ; 

 very fertile. Leaf, rather large, pale, lax, nearly flat, 

 very coarsely serrate. Origin, found in a garden at 

 Berkhampstead, and introduced by Messrs. Lane, 

 of that town in 1857. Perhaps the most reliable 

 cropper of all cooking apples. 



LANGLEY PIPPIN. Card. Mag., September 3rd, 

 1898. Dessert, August to September, medium, 2 J by 2 J, 

 oblong-conical, fairly regular. Colour, yellow with 

 crimson flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, yellow- 

 ish, soft ; flavour moderate. Eye, open in a rather 

 ribbed basin. Stem, long in a moderately deep cavity. 

 Leaf, rather small, light green, very twisted, finely 

 serrate. Origin, Cox's Orange x Mr. Gladstone. 

 Raised and introduced by Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea. 

 There are many better fruits of the same season. 



Large American : see Mrs. Barron. 

 Lawrence's Seedling : see Hanwell Souring. 

 Lawry's Cornish Giant : see Colloget Pippin. 

 Leather Coat : see Royal Russet. 

 Leather Coat of Turic : see Pomme Grise. 

 Leder Apfel : see Reinette Grise. 

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