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medium, ovate, regular, swelled in the lower part, obtuse, grass-green, often yellowish, 
dotted, streaked, and stained with russet; flesh white, with some yellow tinge, fine, very 
melting, juicy, sweet, vinous, aromatic and delicate; good to very good; Nov. 
Leopold Riche. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 603. 1884. 
One of M. de Jonghe’s seedlings. Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow, thickly sprinkled 
with large cinnamon-russet dots; flesh rather coarse-grained, crisp, buttery, melting; juice 
abundant, rich, thick and sugary, with a fine almond flavor; a very richly flavored pear; 
Nov. 
Lepine. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 
Tree of moderate growth but very productive. Fruit small, oblate, yellowish, shaded 
with crimson, slightly russeted; flesh coarse, granular, melting, juicy, brisk, vinous, good; 
Nov. and Dec. 
Lesbre. 1. Gard. Chron. 415. 1863. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:339, fig. 1869. 
Raised from seed at Boulogne-sur-Mer, before 1838, by M. Bonnet. Fruit medium 
or above, turbinate, very obtuse and swelled, nearly always mammillate at the top; skin 
rough, olive-yellow, sprinkled with many large russet dots and small brownish stains; 
flesh white, fine and melting, juicy, rather granular at the core; juice abundant, sugary, 
vinegary, with a delicate scent of anis; first; end of Aug. 
Levard. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:340, fig. 1869. 
Grown on the seed beds of M. Leroy, Antwerp, Bel., and fruited in 1863. Fruit 
below medium, globular-turbinate, irregular, bossed and always less swollen on one side 
than on the other; color yellowish-green, dotted with brown and fawn, and entirely covered 
with bronze-russet on the cheek exposed to the sun: flesh greenish-white, fine, melting 
and juicy, gritty around the core, sugary, acidulous, musky and very rich in flavor; first; 
Nov. , 
Levester Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856. 
Hanover, 1852. Fruit small, obtuse-turbinate, sides unequal, light green changing 
to greenish-yellow, often streaked with red and finely dotted with greenish-russet; flesh 
fine, deficient in juice, granular near the center, highly aromatic; first for household and 
market purposes; Sept. and Oct. 
Lewes. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
Described by John Parkinson in 1629, in England,as ‘‘ brownish greene pears, ripe 
about the end of September, a reasonable well rellished fruit, and very moist.”’ 
Lewis. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:140. 1831. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 
Originated on the farm of John Lewis, Roxbury, Mass., about 1811. Fruit below 
medium, globular, obovate, obtuse, dark green in autumn, pale green at maturity, with 
numerous russet specks; flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, melting, juicy and rich in 
flavor, with a slight spicy perfume; Nov. to Feb. 
Lexington. 1. Jil. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:253. 
1903. 
_ Originated in Kentucky and is said to resemble Bartlett, but to ripen two weeks 
earlier. Hardy and free from blight, but described as ‘‘ too poor” in quality. 
