LONDON PIPPIN. Ronalds, p. 14. F., Pepin 

 de Londres ; G., London Peppin. [Citron d'Hiver, 

 Five Crown Pippin, Royal Somerset (error).] Culinary, 

 till March, medium, 3 by 2j, round conical, irregular. 

 Colour, yellowish-green with dull brown-red flush. 

 Flesh, crisp, white, acid. Eye, closed, in a shallow 

 basin which has five prominent ribs. Stem, slender, 

 rather short in a deep narrow cavity. Growth, vigor- 

 ous ; fertile. Keeps without shrivelling, Leaf, oval, 

 upfolded, undulating, held out, finely serrate. Origin, 

 dates probably from the sixteenth century. A valuable 

 late fruit little cultivated but much grown in Australia 

 and exported to this country. 



Lord Burghleigh : see Lord Burghley. 



LORD BURGHLEY. Her. Pom., 65. (Lord 

 Burghleigh.) Dessert, till May, small, 2j by if, flat- 

 tened, round-conical, irregular. Colour, pale greenish- 

 yellow with clear brown red flush. Flesh, firm, yellow, 

 juicy and sweet. Eye, nearly closed in a shallow 

 irregular basin. Stem, medium in a shallow cavity. 

 Growth, slender ; moderately fertile. Leaf, long oval, 

 slightly upfolded, slightly undulated, shallow serrate 

 or nearly crenate. Origin, raised in the garden of the 

 Marquis of Exeter, at Burghley, near Stamford. 

 Distributed in 1865, by Mr. Hase, of Peterborough. 

 One of the best late dessert varieties. 



Lord Clyde : see Golden Noble. 



LORD DERBY. Her. Pom., 73. (London Major.) 

 Culinary, November to December, large, 3j by 3^, 

 oblong-conical, irregular. Colour, pea green, changing 

 to lemon-yellow. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, sub-acid. 

 Cooks a deep golden red. Eye, closed, in a very deep, 

 wide and irregular basin. Stem, short, in a very wide 

 and shallow cavity quite without russet. Growth, 

 sturdy, upright ; extremely fertile. Leaf, long, rather 

 dark, little upfolded, undulating, oval, serrate. Origin, 

 raised by Mr. Witham, a nurseryman in Stockport, 



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