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deep basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 white, and pleasantly sub-acid. 



A very pretty, but very useless apple, fit only for kitchen use, and 

 then only of second-rate quality ; it is in season from November to 

 February. 



LITTLE HERBERT. — A small, round apple, covered with brown 

 russet. _ Much esteemed in Gloucestershire as a fii-st-rate dessert fruit ; 

 but is, in fact, only second-rate. 



Tree, a shy bearer. December to March. 



LOAN'S PEARMAIN. — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 wide, and two inches and a quarter high ; abrupt pearmain-shaped. 

 Skin, greenish yellow, with a few faint streaks of red, and strewed with 

 numerous large russety dots on the shaded side, but deep orange 

 mottled and streaked with crimson, and covered with patches of thin 

 grey russet, on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with reflexed seg- 

 ments, set in a wide, even, and plaited basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a rather shallow cavity, with a fleshy protuberance on one 

 side of it. Flesh, greenish white, tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a 

 sugary and pleasant flavour. 



An excellent old dessert apple ; in use from November to February. 



This is a very old variety. It is first mentioned by Kay, but is not in Meager's 

 list. 



LODGEMORE NONPAREIL {Clissold's Seedling).— Frxut, about 

 medium size, two inches and a half wide, and nearly two inches high ; 

 roundish ovate, regular in its outline. Skin, rich golden yellow when 

 fully ripe, dotted with minute grey dots, and with a blush of red on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Eye, slightly closed, with broad flat leafy 

 segments, and set in a narrow basin. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, 

 and with a fine aroma. 



This is a dessert apple of great excellence ; in use from February 

 tUl the beginning of June ; and is one of the best late sorts I know. 

 The tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 



The Lodgemore Nonpareil was raised about the year 1808 by Mr. Cook, of 

 Lodgemore, near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, and was long known as Lodgemore 

 Seedling ; but the garden being afterwards rented by Mr. Clissold, a nurseryman 

 at Stroud, he propagated and sold it under the name of Clissold's Seedling. 



London Golden Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 



LONDON PIPPIN {Five-Crowned Pippin ; New London Pippin). — 

 Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and two 

 inches and a quarter high ; roundish, and flattened, with a few ribs on 

 the sides, which increase in size towards the crown, where they termi- 

 nate in five prominent and equal ridges, from which circumstance it 

 has been called the Five- Crowned Pippin. Skin, at first pale yellowish 

 green, changing to pale yellow or lemon colour, with brownish red on 



