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Lady Thompson. — Large, conical, regular; color crimson and red. 

 Flesh quite firm; qualitj- very good. The season is long and the size 

 holds up well. Cirown from Ohio southward mainly. Flowers ])er- 

 lect. Nortli Carolina. 



Leader. — Large, olituse conical; color dark crimson. Flcsli 

 solid; quality nearly best; succeeds best on cla}' soils. Highly prized 

 for home groAving as it is rich and sweet. Flowers perfect. 



Lester Lovett. — Large, roundisli, somewhat conical, regular in 

 form, and smooth; color brilliant scarlet. Flesh firm; quality good. 

 Season, ten days later than Ciandy. Flo^vcrs pjcrfect. A new variety 

 coming to the front in New Jersey and doing well at the West. 



Lovett. — Large, conical or long conical; color crimson; cjuality 

 very good. Fruit stems short and drooping. Remarkabl)' jiroduc- 

 tive in the prairie States, and popular everywhere it has been tested. 

 Flowers perfect. Kentucky. 



Luther. — Medium in size, roundish conical; color dark crimson. 

 Flesh firm and good in quality. Season remarkably early, for which 

 reason it is commercial in New Jersey and Delaware. Stands drouth 

 well at the West. Perfect in flower. 



Mary. — Large, conical, "witli blunt apex, regular in form; color 

 deep crimson. Flesh quite firm; quality good. A New Jersey variety 

 that has recently gained some notoriety. Pistillate. 



Manchester. — Large, roundish conical; color bright scarlet. 

 Flesh pink, firm, 3'et melting, mildly acid, very good. Starred in 

 several States. Pistillate flowers. New Jersey. 



Manwell. — Large, roundish conical, irregular; color dark crimson. 

 Flesh bright scarlet; seeds sunken, firm; quality good. A new Iowa 

 variety of value. Perfect. 



Margaret. — Large, roundish conical, compressed; color dark 

 crimson. Flesh dark scarlet, firm, often ^^^th slightly open core, 

 good. Perfect. A seedling of Crawford A\iiich it equals in value. 

 Ohio. 



MarshalL — Large to very large, quite uniform in size, roundish 

 conical; color dark glossy crimson. Flesh colored, firm, rich, very 

 good. Flowers perfect, ilostly grown east of the lakes. ;\Iassa- 

 chusetts. 



Mastodon (Laic Mnfftodivi). — ^'ery large, roimdish conical with 

 blunt axis; color bright crimson, sho^vy. Flesh pink, not very firm; 



