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Lankford. — Origin, Lankford, Maryland; tree vigorous, i)roduetive. 



Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate, sides sometimes une- 

 qual or a little oblique, often flattened at the ends; surface pale 

 green, shaded with pale and dark red over half or more of its surface; 

 dots few, large, light and grayish — many areole; cavity large, deep, 

 greenish; stem rather short, slender; basin large, rather deep, slightly 

 corrugated; calyx closed or partially open. Core small; flesh whitish. 



Lady Sweet. 



a little coarse, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, inclining to 

 sweet. December, May. 



Lansingburg. — Origin, New York; tree upright, spreading, vigor- 

 ous, thorny, a fair bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, conical, angular, oblique, often 

 unequal ; surface smooth, green and yellow, with bronze blush, mostly 

 covered Avith grayish red; dots minute, gray, with green bases; 

 cavity acute, uneven, russeted; stem short; basin deep, corrugated; 

 cal}'x closed. Core closed; seeds many, large; flesh firm, mild sub- 

 acid, fair to good. Late winter and spring. 



Late Strawberry {Autunin Strawberry). — Origin, Aurora, New 

 York; tree vigorous, upright, spreading, productive, an early bearer. 



