Lee Seckel. 1. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 565. 1885.
Fruit medium to large, obovate, rich russet; flesh buttery, rich, perfumed; very good; Sept.
Léger. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 1895.
Obtained from a seed bed of Winter Nelis by M. Sannier. Tree of moderate vigor, fertile and suitable for all forms of culture. Fruit medium, globular-ovate; flesh fine, acidulous; Oct.
Lehoferbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 126, fig. 1913.
A perry pear widely distributed in Upper and Lower Austria under various names. Fruit medium to large, globular-pyriform, leaf-green turning yellow at maturity, dotted and marked with russet, well-exposed fruit blushed; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, astringent, saccharine, acidulous; mid-Oct. and keeps in storage till end of Nov.
Leipziger Rettigbirn. 1. Lauche Deut. Pom. II:No. 92, Pl. 92. 1883.
Radis de Leipsick. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:125, fig. 61. 1866-73.
Leipsic Radish. 3. Can. Exp. Farms. Rpt. 379. 1902.
Originated at Duben near Leipsic, Saxony. It was published by Diel in 1807. Fruit small, nearly spherical or spherical-ovate, a little more constricted at the stem end then toward the calyx, light green turning to yellow-green and slightly golden on the cheek next the sun, brown around the summit, and with numerous light brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, buttery, juicy, very pleasantly perfumed, having a slight Bergamot flavor; good for dessert, first for cuisine; Aug. to Oct.