LEMON PIPPIN. Ronalds, p. 10. G., Konigin 

 Sophiensapfel. (Winter Queen, Quince, Reinette von 

 Madeira.) Culinary, till March, medium, 2f by 2}, 

 oval, regular. Colour, green changing to lemon-yellow. 

 Flesh, firm, greenish- white, acid. Eye, closed or a 

 little open, in an irregular basin. Stem, very short, 

 often enclosed by a fleshy protuberance, the cavity 

 then being almost nil. Growth, moderate ; fertility, 

 moderate. Leaf, long oval, upfolded, undulating, 

 serrate. Origin, probably before 1700. Named from 

 its resemblance to the lemon in shape and colour. 

 (This name has also been applied to other apples.) 

 An old sort, now little grown. 



Lincolnshire Pippin : see Hawthornden. 

 Lincolnshire Reinette : see Braddick's Nonpareil. 

 Livesay's Imperial : see Lord Suffield. 



LOAN'S PEARMAIN. Ronalds, p. 22. Dessert, 

 November to January, medium, 2j by 2j, round 

 oblong, regular. Colour, greenish yellow with red 

 flush and stripes and slight russet . Flesh, crisp, greenish, 

 sugary. Eye, open in a wide shallow basin. Stem, 

 medium in a shallow cavity. Growth, moderate ; 

 fertile. An old English sort, known in the seventeenth 

 century. Now almost out of cultivation. 



Loddington : see Stones. 



LODGEMORE NONPAREIL. Her. Pom., 21. 

 (Clissold's Seedling.) Dessert, till June, small, 2 by if, 

 flattened round, slightly conical. Colour, pale yellowish- 

 green, nearly covered with russet. Flesh, crisp, greenish, 

 sweet, juicy, and well flavoured. Eye, nearly closed 

 in a shallow basin. Stem, very short, in a narrow 

 cavity. Leaf, rather small, roundish, boldly curved 

 serrate. Origin ; raised by a Mr. Cook, at Lodgemore, 

 near Stroud, in 1808. An excellent old sort, now almost 

 out of cultivation. 



London Major : see Lord Derby. 

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