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juicy, rich, sugary, and with a fine, vinous, brisk flavour, separating 

 from the stone. 



A delicious dessert plum; ripe in the beginning of September. 

 The tree is a free, upright grower, and an abundant bearer. Young 

 shoots, downy. 



This is an American plum ; raised by Mr. L. U. Lawrence, of Hudson, in the 

 State of New York. 



LAWSON'S GOLDEN {Da7nas Lawson).—Ymit, rather below 

 medium size ; oval, even and regular in its outline, and marked on one 

 side with a suture, which is a mere line. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted without depression. Skin, deep yellow, thickly 

 speckled on the side nest the sun with crimson specks and dots. Flesh, 

 yellow, tender, melting, and juicy, with a rich sugary flavour, and 

 adhering to the stone. 



An excellent dessert plum ; ripe in September. Shoots, smooth. 



It was raised by Mr. Archibald Gorrie, of Annat Gardens, Errol, Perthshire, 

 about the year 1842, and named as a compliment to the late Mr. Charles Lawson, 

 nurseryman, of Edinburgh. 



Leipzig. See Quetsche, 



De Lepine. See Norhert. 



LIEGEL'S APKICOT {Abricotee de Braunau Nouvellij.—Frmt, 

 about medium size ; roundish, and marked with a deep suture. Skin, 

 green, like the Green Gage, covered with a white bloom, and becoming 

 yellowish as it ripens. Flesh, separating from the stone, greenish 

 yellow, melting, very juicy, rich, and sugary, with a fine and remark- 

 ably sprightly flavour. The kernel is rather sweet. 



A first-rate dessert plum ; ripe in the end of September. Its fine 

 sprightly flavour is as remarkable among dessert plums as that of the 

 Mayduke is among cherries. Young shoots, downy. 



In the first edition of this work I unintentionally described this variety under 

 the name of Abricotee de Braunau, as I was not aware at the time that Dr. Liegel 

 had raised another plum, which he called the New Apricot of Braunau, and which 

 this variety has proved to be. To prevent mistakes in future, I have called this by 

 the name adopted above. Mr. Rivers, in his catalogue, classes it among the Gages, 

 which is an error. 



Little Queen Claude. See Yelloxo Gage. 



LOMBARD (Bleeker's Scarlet ; Beckman's Scarlet). — Fruit, medium 

 sized ; short oval, and marked with a shallow suture. Skin, purplish 

 red, dotted with darker red, and covered with thin bloom. Stalk, half 

 an inch long, slender, set in a wide funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, yellow, 

 juicy, and pleasantly flavoured, adhering to the stone. 



A preserving or cuhnary plum ; ripe in the end of August and 

 beginning of September. Shoots, smooth. 



London Plum. See White Pnmordian. 

 Long Damson. See Damson. 



