Leona. 1. Austin Nur. Cat. 4. 1912.
Similar to a bright-colored Elberta but earlier and more productive, according to the catalog of the Austin Nursery Company, Austin, Texas.
Léonie. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:143, 144 fig. 1879.
Charles Buisson raised Léonie from seed about 1863 at Tronche, Isère, France. Leaves glandless; flowers of medium size; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval; suture deep; skin thin, whitish-yellow, carmine where exposed; flesh red at the stone, melting, juicy, aromatic; of second quality; stone small, plump, roundish-oval, free; ripens the last half of September.
Lenoir. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 621. 1869.
Lenoir is of medium size, round, halves unequal; skin white, washed and splashed with red; flesh juicy, aromatic; freestone; ripens the middle of August.
Leopard. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:816. 1896.
A worthless, southern variety similar to Blood Cling.
Leopold I. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 195. 1841.
Leopold Clingstone. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862.
Leopold I originated at Smithfield, Virginia. It was put on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1862. Fruit very large, round, yellow, juicy; ripens in August.