448 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Liberale. 1. Mag. Hort. 21:519. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 
Belgian. Introduced to this country as a new variety about 1850. Fruit large, 
obtuse-pyramidal or truncate-pyriform; skin fair, smooth, yellowish-green, very thickly 
dotted with large, conspicuous, russety specks, and patched with russet; flesh yellowish- 
white, a little coarse, melting, juicy, sweet, rich, with a peculiar almond, aromatic perfume; 
a very handsome and fine fruit; Oct. 
Liegel Honigbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 248. 1889. 
Poire de Miel de Liegel. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:47, fig. 24. 1872. 
Origin uncertain, probably German. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin fine and 
smooth, at first pale green turning to pale yellow, more golden on the side next the sun 
and very rarely touched with rose; flesh yellow, fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, 
and with a distinct savor of musk; first; Oct. 
Lieutenant Poidevin. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:344, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 604. 
1884. 
Flon-Grolleau, a Frenchman, obtained this variety in 1853. Fruit large, obovate and 
undulating; skin fine, yellow-ochre dotted with gray; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, 
breaking, gritty around the center, sugary, vinous: second for dessert, first for cooking; 
Mar. and Apr. 
Limon. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:57. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 802. 1869. 
A Van Mons seedling. Fruit rather small, obovate, yellow, with a faint red cheek; 
flesh white, buttery, melting and juicy, with a sprightly flavor; very good; mid-Aug. 
Linzer Mostbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 188, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear taking its name from the town of Linz near Hauptstadt in Upper Austria. 
Fruit medium, globular to pyriform, yellow, strongly carmined on the sun-exposed side 
and dotted with red; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, with a saccharine, astringent 
flavor; Oct. 
Livingston Virgalieu. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 803. 186g. 
An old variety, grown to some extent along the Hudson River. Fruit globular- 
obovate, greenish-yellow, patched and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, juicy, nearly 
melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept. 
Locke. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:52. 1837. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 442. 1845. 
Raised from seed in the garden of James Locke, West Cambridge, Mass., in 1830. 
Fruit medium, globular-obovate, full at the crown, ending obtusely at the stem; skin fair, 
slightly rough, yellowish-green changing to lemon-yellow when ripe, spots of darker hue 
mingled with russet, tinged with red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, melt- 
ing and juicy, rich, sweet and perfumed; good; Dec. 
Lodge. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 178, 179. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 803. 1860. 
A native of Pennsylvania and understood to have originated near Philadelphia. Fruit 
medium, pyriform, tapering to the stem and larger on one side than on the other, greenish- 
brown, the green becoming a little paler at maturity and much covered with patches of 
dull russet; flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, juicy, melting, with a rather rich flavor, 
relieved by a pleasant acid; Sept. and Oct. 
