Leopold II. 1. Jour. Hort. N. S. 3:370. 1862. 2. Pom. France 6:No. 9, Pl. 9. 1869. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 1871.
Leopold Magdalene. 4. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:199, 200. 1858.
Leopold Free. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1869.
This peach was introduced by a M. Van Orlé, Villerne, Belgium. The variety was brought to America and appeared on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1869 until 1899. Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, slightly attenuated at the base; suture distinct; skin yellowish-white, richly colored with carmine; flesh white, stained at the pit, melting, sweet, aromatic; quality very good; pit slightly adherent, oval; ripens the middle of September.
Lepère. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 38, 39. 1867.
Tree vigorous, very productive; leaves with reniform glands; flowers small, rose-colored; fruit large, globular; cavity deep; skin thinly pubescent, blood-red where exposed; flesh whitish-yellow, blood-red at the pit, firm, juicy, aromatic; quality good; pit roundish-oval, clinging; ripens at the end of August.
Leroy Winter. 1. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 276. 1896.
A late, yellow variety from Missouri.
Lewenau Lieblingspfirsich. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:207. 1858.
A seedling of Admirable, raised about 1851. Glands reniform; flowers large, white; fruit roundish, flattened, strongly sutured; skin greenish-yellow, heavily pubescent; flesh white, red at the stone, sprightly; stone free, sharply pointed; matures the middle of September.
Lewis. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 279. 1882. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 33. 1899. 3. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:52. 1910.
Early Lewis. 4. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 195. 1902-03.
Lewis is the only white-fleshed seedling which appeared from about one hundred Chili pits, planted by N. W. Lewis, Allegan County, Michigan. The variety was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1899 where it still remains. Tree vigorous, bears early, productive, but subject to leaf-curl; glands reniform; flowers large; fruit medium to large, roundish, slightly flattened at the ends, a trifle irregular; suture shallow; skin smooth, thin, tough, creamy-white, splashed and mottled with crimson; flesh white, juicy, vinous; quality good; stone free, large; season immediately following Hale Early.