PEARS. 



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gteen and brown; melting, 

 juicy, Ada, perfumed. No- 

 vember. Belgian. 



La Motte. Medium, roundish, 

 light green, strongly dotted; 

 flesh fine grained, buttery, 

 mild, pleasant. 



Langeleir, p. 539. 



Las Canas, p. 539. 



Latch. See Philadelphia. 



Laure de Glymes, p. 531. 



Lawrence, p. 539. 



Lawson. (Comet.) Medium to 

 large, crimson or yellow; flesh 

 crisp and juicy. Early sum- 

 mer. Comes in bearing at 8 

 or 10 years. Valuable South. 



Lebanon. See Pinneo. 



Le Conte. Large, yellow, mod- 

 erate in quality; exceedingly 

 productive, vigorous and prof- 

 itable at the South; of no 

 value North. Mid-summer. 



Le Curd. See Vicar of Winkfield. 



Leech's Kingsessing. See King- 

 sessing. 



Lee's Seckel. Medium or rather 

 . large, obovate, rich russet; 

 buttery, rich, perfumed, excel- 

 lent. September. 



Leon le Clerc. Rather large, 

 obovate, greenish-yellow, rus- 

 set at the end; flesh crisp, 

 firm, of moderate quality- 

 cooking. Winter. 



Leopold First. Large, turbi- 

 nate, pyriform, green; melt- 

 ing, sweet, perfumed. Decem- 

 ber. Belgian. 



Lewis, p. 544. 



Liberale. Rather large, long 

 pyriform, greenish-yellow, 

 partly russeted; juicy, sweet, 

 rich, aromatic. October. 



Lieutenant Poitevin. Large, 

 greenish-yellow ; juicy, half 

 melting. Late Avinter. 

 French. 



Limon, p. 513. 



Lincoln Coreless. Large, pyri- 

 form, yellow. Late winter. 



Linden d'Automne. See Glout 

 Morceau. 



Little Muscat. Quite small, tur- 

 binate, yellow with brownish 

 cheek; breaking, sweet, 

 slightly musky. Middle of 

 July. French. Tolerably 

 good. 



Little Musk, or Primitive. See 

 Little Muscat. 



Locke's Beurrd. Medium, 

 roundish, obovate, dull green; 

 juicy, vinous. November. 

 Mass. 



Lodge, p. 520. 



Long Green, p. 520. 



Long Green of Autumn, p. 521. 



Louis Dupont. Medium, obo- 

 vate, green becoming yellow; 

 melting, juicy, sweet, per- 

 fumed. October. 



Louise Bonne, p. 521. 



Louise Bonne d'Avranches. See 

 Louise Bonne. 



Louise Bonne of Jersey. See 

 Louis Bonne. 



Louise d'Orleans. See Urba- 

 niste. 



Lucy Duke. Large, pyriform, 

 russet, rough surface; flesh 

 buttery, juicy, sweet. Octo- 

 ber. 



Lycurgus, p. 539. 



Lyon, p. 531. 



Mabille. See Beurrd Diel. 

 Madame Ducar. Medium, oval, 



