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fused with the present Brusseler Braune. Fruit large, ahnost round, compressed on one 

 side; skin dark brown changing to nearly black; flesh dark red, juicy, melting, mild when 

 mature; stone almost round; ripens toward the end of July. The drooping branches, 

 the small, sour cherry leaves which turn yellow and drop and the sweetness in flavor sepa- 

 rate it from the Grosse Morelle. 



Leschken (Leschke's) Schwarze Knorpel Eirsche. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 

 367. 1889. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Lethe. P. avium, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 40. 1895. 



Lethe was grown by C. E. Hoskins, Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit of the Bigarreau 

 type, large, heart-shaped, surface smooth, glossy; cavity medium in size and depth, irreg- 

 ular, flaring, marked by irregular waves; suture shallow; stem very long, slender, curved; 

 skin thin, tenacious, purplish-black; dots minute, indented; flesh very dark purplish-red, 

 firm, meaty, juicy, nuld subacid, almost sweet; quality good; pit large, oval, semi-clinging; 

 ripens the last of June in Oregon. 

 Liefeld Braune. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 367. 1889. 



Guigne hrune de Liefeld. 2. Guide Prat. 6, 191. 1895. 



Tree of medium size, very vigorous and productive; fruit large, cordate, brownish, 

 mottled; flesh red, sweet; of first quality; matures early in June. 



Lieke Bunte KnorpeUdrsche. P. avium, i. III. Handb. 61 fig., 62. 1867. 2. Mathieu 

 Nom. Pom. 367. 1889. 



Bigarreau Tardi de Lieke. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 21, 190. 1876. 



Originated with Herr Lieke of Hildesheim, Prussia, Germany, fruiting for the first 

 time in 1851. The fruit is one of the latest to ripen; large, obtuse-cordate, compressed; 

 stem long, slender, inserted in a rather wide, deep cavity; suture indistinct; sldn glossy, 

 tough, yellow, streaked and spotted with a naild red; flesh faintly yellow, firm, sweet with 

 a pleasing sourness; stone small, oval; season late. 

 Lincoln (I). P- avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 468. 1869. 



Lincoln is a vigorous, spreading variety, found near Cleveland, Ohio. Fruit large, 

 oblong-cordate, pointed; suture broad, shallow; stem long; cavity deep; skin dark brown 

 when ripe; flesh firm, veined and mottled with shades of red, juicy, sprightly, sweet, pleas- 

 ant; pit above medium in size; season the first to the middle of July. 

 Lincoln (11). P. avium, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 289. 1889. 2. Wash. Sta. Bui. 92:29. 

 1910. 



Seth Lewelling of Milwaukee, Oregon, raised this variety in 1865 probably from a 

 seed of Eagle. Tree large, spreading, with an open top, seriously affected with black 

 apliis; fruit of medium size, roundish-cordate; skin very dark, thick, tough; stem short; 

 flesh firm, deep red, juicy; good quality; pit small, roimd. 

 Lindley. P. avium, i. E]iiott Fr. Book 211. 1854. 



Lindley was raised by Professor J. P. Kirtland from seeds given him by M. Lindley, 

 Euclid, Ohio. Tree vigorous, moderately prolific; fruit large, heart-shaped, surface 

 uneven; skin dark purplish-red; flesh almost firm, tinged red, juicy, deficient in richness; 

 season the first of July. 



