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Lapins
Lapins Cherry

The Lapins Cherry fruit is large and dark red in color with lighter red flesh. The fruit is firm and are some of the juiciest cherries that grow on trees. They are great for snacking, and so big, one cherry is a mouthful! The skin is bright in appearance and it is split resistant due to flexible skin. The Lapins is an excellent pollinator and is a heavy bearer.

Liberty
Liberty Apple

The Liberty Apple, Malus 'Liberty', is a deep dark red over 90 per cent of the surface. The red is striped rather than blushed. The shape of the fruit is oblate to oblate conic, and the size averages 2 3/4 to 3 inches, although it may be smaller on heavily cropping trees. There are numerous light colored small sunken dots on the surface of the fruit. The flesh is yellowish in color, and the apple is juicy, crisp, and fine. The flavor is subacid and good. It is a new disease resistant apple, and the name 'Liberty' denotes the freedom from disease. 'Liberty' is considered to be primarily a dessert apple. It makes an excellent applesauce if the skin is left on. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil.

Lodi
Lodi Apple

The Apple, Lodi, Malus x domestica, produces juicy, yellow apples with thick skin. They are medium to large and its flesh is tart, crisp and acidic, but has some sweetness. Lodi is good for sauces and pies. Inside, the white flesh is tender, soft and juicy. Because it is a tender apple, it makes a wonderful applesauce. The apples cook down very quickly, preserving more of the flavor. The apples are ready for an early harvest from mid-July to August. Pollinators can be Jonathan or Yellow Delicious. There are varieties of apples suitable for almost all of the climate zones in the United States. They prefer cold winters, moderate summer and high humidity. Apples are deciduous and must be pollinated in order to produce fruit. Apple trees should be pruned in summer and winter. Fruit trees need a minimum of 6-8 hours of sunlight daily, and they need regular watering.

Loring Peach
Loring Peach

Peach - Loring, prunus persica 'Loring', is a very attractive, large yellow peach with a hint on red blush. It has very firm, melting yellow flesh with excellent flavor. It is freestone and ripens in mid-season about midway between Redhaven and Elberta. It has gained a good reputation as one of the better eating peaches. The peach tree is admired as much for its beauty and fragrant blossoms as it is for its fruit. The peach blossoms appear late winter and early spring along grey branches, before leaves emerge. It is an extremely vigorous tree and requires fertile, well drained soils. At 3 or 4 years of age it begins to bear large crops and reach peak productivity at 8 to 12 years. Peaches need clear, hot weather during their growing season and require well-drained soil as well as a regular fertilizing program. This superb, taste test winner; requires little or no thinning; excellent for the home orchard.

Luscious
Luscious Pear

The Luscious Pear, Pyrus 'Luscious', produces a medium to small, bright yellow pear that is very juicy and sweet. It blooms in early May, and its fruit ripens mid September. It has medium to small bright yellow fruit with a red blush, and a taste similar to 'Bartlett'. The Luscious pear tree is globe shaped, with glossy green foliage, and red fall color. It is fireblight resistant and does best with a second pear tree for cross pollination since it is pollen sterile. Very hardy, to -50 degrees with occasional winter injury. Plant about a month after the first killing frost in the fall or about a month before the last killing frost in the spring. Select a planting site that has good air, drainage, full sunlight and deep, well drained soil.