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toward the calyx, light green turning to yellow-green and slightly golden on the cheek 
next the sun, brown around the summit, and with numerous light brown dots; flesh yellowish- 
white, buttery, juicy, very pleasantly perfumed, having a slight Bergamot flavor; good 
for dessert, first for cuisine; Aug. to Oct. 
Lemon (Massachusetts). 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866. 
A seedling of S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; first fruited in 1862. Fruit large, 
turbinate, yellow. 
Lemon (Russia). 1. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 82. 1886. 2. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 170. 1894. 
Imported from Russia in 1879. It was reported in 1894 to have fruited in Iowa, and 
collectively with some other varieties was described as “‘ generally ‘ off’ in color, coarse, 
some of them leathery and corky, and all without melting qualities or flavor.” 
Lenawee. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 106. 1856. 2. Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 
Origin unknown. Distributed in Lenawee County, Mich., in 1856; it was named by 
the Adrian Horticultural Society. At that time it was supposed to have been introduced 
from western New York some twenty-five years previously. Fruit medium to large, oblate- 
pyriform, one side generally being larger than the other; surface frequently irregular, 
lemon-yellow, with small russet specks, washed with bright vermilion on the side next the 
sun; flesh yellowish-white, tender, buttery, with a high and peculiar, aromatic flavor; 
very good; early to mid-Aug. 
Leochine de Printemps. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:236. 1854. 2. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit medium, obovate- 
pyriform, yellow, netted and patched with russet, sprinkled with russet dots; flesh melting, 
white, firm, not very juicy; a beautiful and good fruit; Feb. and Mar. 
Léon Dejardin. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 
Obtained at Boussoir, Maubeuge, Nord, Fr. Fruit medium, pyriform, ventriculous, 
resembles the Beurré Bollwiller, semi-melting, juicy, sugary, refreshing; good for its season; 
May and June. 
Léon Grégoire. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:63, fig. 1856. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:618, fig. 
1869. 
This variety was gained by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.. and was fruited first in 
1852. Fruit large, sometimes medium, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, sometimes more or less 
globular, dull yellow, dotted and marbled with fawn on its shaded side and entirely stained 
with grayish-russet on the exposed face, becoming pale yellow and golden at maturity; 
flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi-melting, sweet, watery, acidulous, vinous, agreeable; 
second, inconstant in quality, sometimes good; Dec. and Jan. 
Léon Leclerc Epineux. 1. Leroy Dici. Pom. 2:333, fig. 1869. 
In the bulletin of the Society Van Mons, 1857, this variety is stated to have been 
obtained by Van Mons, though some doubt has been raised as to its origin. Fruit large, 
ovate-pyriform, often rather contorted; skin rough, thick, grayish-yellow, finely dotted 
with russet and stained with the same around the calyx and stalk and sometimes clouded 
and streaked with red on the face exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, break- 
ing, granular at the center; juice sufficient, vinous and sugary; third for dessert, first for 
cooking; Nov. 
