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Laire, 4, am X an w (?). A wild variety, found near Kirwin, Kans., by Abram Laire, 



about 1878. 

 Lakeside (No. 1), 14, h. A seedling from Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr. 

 Lakeside (No. 2), 14, h. A seedling from Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr. 

 Lambert, 14, am. A seedling from Ontario, Canada. 

 Lambert's Red. See Lambert. 

 *Lancaster, mu X h mi. A variety grown by Charles B. Camp, Cheney, Nebr., 



and, according to F. A. Waugh, from seed of Wild Goose pollinated by Miner. 

 Lang, 36, am. Received in 1898 by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment 



Station from C. W. H. Heideman, New Ulm, Minn. 

 Langdon. See Langsdon. 

 *Langsdon, h. A variety grown in 1869 in the vicinity of Louisville, Ky. D. L. 



Adair, who describes it, obtained trees from a man who said he got it from Illinois 



and who represented that it grew wild in that State. The description and figures 



indicate that it is hortulana. 

 *Lannix, mu X tr. From J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, N. C, and believed to be a 



hybrid of Abundance with Wild Goose. 

 *La Prairie, am. A wild variety, planted by a Mr. Smith, Shopiere, Wis. , about 1844, 

 . and listed as an americana by E. S. Goff. 

 *Large Purple, an w. A variety from the Texas Panhandle, offered by F. T. Ramsey 



in 1891. 

 Large Red, 37, am. A specimen was obtained under this name from the Wash- 

 ington Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Wash. 

 *Large Red, an w. A variety from the Texas Panhandle, offered by F. T. Ramsey 



in 1891. 

 Large Red Sweet. See Plunk. 

 *Large Yellow, an w. A variety from the Texas Panhandle, introduced by F. T. 



Ramsey in 1891. 

 *Late Goose, 1 mu. From Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr. 

 Late Klondike. See Golden and Shiro. 

 Late Rollingstone, 37, am. A seedling of Rollingstone, grown by O. M. Lord, 



Minnesota City, Minn. 

 *Laura. Originated by Theodore Williams, Benson, Nebr., and said to be Quacken- 



boss X Red Glass. The latter in turn was originated with Mr. Williams as a supposed 



cross of Miner with Quackenboss. The originator says of Laura, "Tree apparently 



pure americana." 

 Le Due, 14, 37, am. Found growing wild at Hastings, Minn ., and introduced by 



W. G. Le Due. 

 Le Due Vermillion. See Vermillion. 

 *Legal Tender, am. Originated under cultivation with H. A. Terry, Crescent, 



Iowa, and reported by Craig and Vernon to be an americana. 

 Leonard, 14, 37, am. Mentioned by J. S. Harris 2 as a wild seedling from Wash- 

 ington, Fillmore Co., Minn. 

 *Leonard, am. Originated with Charles Gibb, Montreal, Canada, from a wild plum 



root obtained in Wisconsin. The region indicates americana. 



i Hedrick, U. P. The Plums of New York, 1911, p. 481. 



2 Harris, J. S. Minnesota Horticultural Society Report, 1891, p. 181. 



