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Lawson. — Medium to large, olxivate, incliiied to pyriroini: color 

 yellowish wiUi red cheek and scattering brown specks; ^talk tlirce- 

 quarters of an incli long, stout, tleshy, inclined, ami inserted in slight 

 cavity; Ijasin broad, shallow, slightly corrugated. JHcsh whitish, 

 quite coarse, breaking, arid sweet, quality lair to good. A culinary 

 market variety grown in the South. Xew York, 



Le Conte. — Large, roimdish, ohilong, tiu'binate ])vril'orm; color 

 vellow witli red (jn sunny side. Flesh melting, sweet, iiei'fnnied, 

 vinous, quality only good, iluch grown at the Soiith hir tlie northern 

 market. Season, midsummer. Cliinese seedling. 



Leroy {Madaiiw Aiirln: Lcroij). — Large to very large, oblong obo- 

 vate, or pyriform; color greenish yellow entirely covered with gray 

 russet; stem short, stout, oblicjuely inserted with a lleshy base at the 

 extremity of the neck. Flesh white, melting, juicy, vinous, very 

 good. Season very late. Usually grown on cjuinco. France. 



Lexington. — A \ariety gTown in Texas and the South. Mr. T. Y. 

 Munson's description; " .Uiout the size of Bartlett and much like it. 

 It ripens one week later than Lartlett and is e(|ual to it in qualitv. 

 It has never Ijlighted since I knew it until this season when a few 

 twigs were attacked when many other varieties were killed. It 

 blooms later than most varieties and only liears ^^■hen cross-])ollinated 

 by intermingling varieties." 



Lincoln. — Large, obovate i)yriform, surface quite smooth, greenish 

 vellow, with traces of russet and brown dots; stem medium in length, 

 quite stout, fleshy at insertion with the regular small ca\-it}-; basin 

 regular, medium, with shallow corrugation. Flesh -\\hitisli, fine- 

 grained, buttery, very juicy, vinous, good to very good. \ hardy 

 prairie variety rapidly coining into public notice. Illinois. 



Louise Bonne de Jcrscij. — Large, oblong pyrifoi'm, with sides 

 unequal; skin glossy, pale green, witli brownish I'ed in the sun; 

 dots gray and numerous; stalk half an inch long, curved, and in- 

 serted at one side of neck without cavity; ba^in shallow, uneven. 

 Flesh greenish \^■llite, juicy, melting, with vei'v rich flavor, good to 

 ver"\' good. Season, autunui. Cirown across tlie continent. I'rance. 



Macomber. — Medium, ])yriform; color greenish yellow with 

 bright red cheek; dots numerous, small, russet; stalk short, quite 

 stout and flesliy at insertion in medium cavit}', with convex sloiie and 

 russeting; basin medium, regular, flaring, with russet niarkino's. 

 Flesh whitish, with greenish core line, buttery, melting, juicy, sweet, 



