468 THE PEUIT MANUAL. 



LAMMAS {Huntingdon).— Frrdt, below medium size, pyramidal, 

 regular, and handsome. Skin, pale yellow, streaked with red, and 

 covered with red on the side next the sun. Eye, open, very slightly 

 depressed. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted without depression. 

 Flesh, tender, juicy, and melting, with an agreeable flavour. 



Eipe in the beginning and middle of August. 



The tree is hardy, and a very abundant bearer. 



Lammas [of the Americans]. See SeeJde. 

 Lammas [of the Scotch] . See Crawford. 



LANSAC {Dauphine ; Lechfriond'Antomne). — Fruit, medium sized, 

 roundish. Skin, smooth, yellowish green, becoming pale yellow as it 

 ripens, covered with numerous minute dots. Eye, small and open, 

 not depressed. Stalk, an inch long, inserted without depression by 

 the side of a fleshy protuberance. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, 

 juicy, sweet and richly flavoured. 



A dessert pear ; ripe from November to January. The tree is 

 healthy and a"good bearer, succeeds well as a standard ; on the quince 

 the fruit is produced much larger than from the pear stock. 



This variety originated at a village named Haze, near Tours, in France, of which 

 Madame de Lansao, governess to the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XIV. of France, 

 was superior, and was named in honour of her. The name of Dauphin also 

 originated in connection with this circumstance. 



LAEGE BLANQUET {Great Blangmtte ; Blanquet Gros d'Ete; 

 Roi Louis; Blanquet Musque ; Musette d'Anjou). — Fruit, below medium 

 size ; obtuse pyriform. Skin, smooth, of a beautiful deep yellow colour, 

 with a tinge of red next the sun, covered with numerous dots, which 

 are reddish next the sun and greenish in the shade. Eye, large and 

 open, with rather long dry segments and set almost even with the 

 surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and fleshy, and 

 set in a small round depression. Flesh, whitish, crisp, sweet, and 

 juicy, with a pleasant musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August. The tree is vigorous and an abundant 

 bearer, and succeeds well as a standard either on the pear or quince. 



LAUEE DE GrLYMES. — Fruit, above medium size, pyramidal. 

 Skin, entirely covered with a coat of fawn-coloured russet, with mottles 

 of lemon-coloured ground shining through. Eye, open, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout and fleshy, not depressed. Flesh, 

 white, tender and juicy, sweet and highly perfumed. 



A pear of second quality ; ripe in the beginning of October. 



De Lavault. See Williams' Bon Chretien. 



LAWEENCE.- — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide and 

 two inches and a half to three-quarters high ; roundish or doyenne- 

 shaped, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, 

 changing to a fine lemon-yeUow, covered with large cinnamon-coloured 



