Q2 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



xanety is verv popvilar in many sections, especiaUy California, as a canning peach. It 

 was placed on the fnnt-lisl of the American Pomological Society in 1862. Tree vigorous, 

 highly productive, bears regularly; leaves crenate, with reniform glands; flowers small, 

 deep red- fmit large, oval, resembling a lemon; apex terminating in a large nipple; skm 

 deep yellow, brownish-red where exposed; flesh firm, with a deep, lemon color, red at the 

 stone, juicy, sprightly, vinous, with an agreeable acidity; very good when perfectly npe; 

 stone clings; ripens in September. 

 Lemon Clingstone (Hoyte). i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 98. 183 1. 



Leaves with globose glands; flowers small; fruit large; skin yellow and dark red; of 

 second quahty; ripens at the end of September. 

 Leny Winter, i. Card. Mon. 23:18. 1881. 



A large, yellow peach; will keep through November if gathered before a hard f-ost. 

 Leona. i. Austin Nur. Cat. 4. 1912. 



Similar to a bright-colored Elberta but earlier and more iiroductive, according to the 

 catalog of the Austin Nurser},- Company, Austin, Texas. 

 Leonie. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:143, 144 fig- '8/9- 



Charles Buisson raised Leonie from seed about 1 863 at Tronche, Isere, France. Leaves 

 glandless; flowers of medium size; fruit medium m size, roundish-oval; suture deep; skin 

 thin, whitish-yellow, carmine where exposed; flesh red at the stone, melting, juicy, aromatic; 

 of second quality; stone s^all, plump, roundish-oval, free; ripens the last half of September. 

 Lenoir, i. Downing /*>. Trees Am. 621. 1869. 



Lenoir is of medium size, round, halves unequal; skin white, washed and splashed with 

 red; flesh juicy, aromatic; freestone; ripens the middle of August. 

 Leopard, i. Tc.x. .s'/a. />'/(/. 39:816. 1896. 



A worthless, southern variety similar to Blood Cling. 

 Leopold L I. Kenrick .4)w. Orch. 195. 1841. 



Leopold Clingstone. 2. .4;)i. Pom. .Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 



Leopold I originated at Smithfield, Virginia. It was put on the fruit-Ust of the 

 American Pomological Society in 1862. Fruit very large, round, yellow, juicy; ripens 

 in August. 



Leopold n. I. Jour. Hort. N. S. 3:370. 1862. 2. Pom. France 6: No. 9. PL 9- i860, 

 3. Am. Pom. .Sac. Cat. 18. 1871. 

 Leopold Magdalene. 4. Dochnahl Ftihr. Ohstkundc 3:199, 200. 1858. 

 Leopold Free. 5. .4;m. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1869. 



This peach was introduced by a M. Van Orle, Villerne, Belgitun. The variety was 

 brought to America and appeared on the frtiit-list of the American Pomological Society 

 from 1869 until 1899. Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; flowers large; fruit 

 large, roundish, slightly attenuated at the base; suture distinct; skin yellowish-white, 

 richly colored with carmine; flesh white, stained at the pit, melting, sweet, aromatic, 

 quality very good; pit slightly adherent, oval; ripens the middle of September. 

 Lepere. i. Carri^re Var. Peckers 38, 39. 1867. 



Tree vigorous, very productive; leaves with reniform glands; flowers small, rose- 

 colored; fruit large, globular; cavity deep; skin thinly pubescent, blood-red where exposed; 



