649. LAWRENCE’S NEW WHITE PIPPIN.
A medium sized apple, of second-rate quality, conical shape, pale green color, and in use from December till February.—[H. S. C.] p. 23.
650. LEITHEIMER STREIFLING.
- Synonyme.—Kaiserheimer.
Fruit, large, three inches high, and the same broad; somewhat conical. Skin, shining, bright green, which changes when ripening to deep lemon-yellow, covered all over with shining carmine, which is darker on the side next the sun, and paler on the shaded side; on this red there are beautiful crimson stripes, which are dazzling to the eyes. Eye, closed, set in a wide, deep, and much ribbed basin. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a narrow, deep, and russety cavity. Flesh, beautiful white, somewhat redish, very fine, but not juicy, and of a rich, aromatic, sweet, and vinous flavor. Ripe in December and continues during the spring and summer.—[Diel Kernobst.] viii. 186.
651. LEMON APPLE.
A medium sized, second-rate dessert apple, it is of roundish shape, yellow color, and is in use during December and January.—[H. S. C.] p. 23.
This is not the same as the Lemon Pippin.—H.
652. LEYDEN PIPPIN.
A good early dessert apple, of medium size, and first-rate quality, resembling the White Astrachan. It is of a roundish-shape; skin, pale green, with red towards the sun; ripe during August and September. The tree is a great bearer.—[H. S. C.] n. 408.