| Lady-Api |
| Origin: France 1600 |
Ripens: Nov/Dec |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Fruit small to very small, borne often in clusters, not quick to bear, but reliable. Susceptible to apple scab where springs are wet. Flesh white, firm, fine-grained; flavor aromatic, mild subacid becoming nearly sweet. Traditionally was used in Christmas decorations and stockings, hence the name Christmas Apple. |
| Lakeland |
| Origin: Minnesota 1917 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium sized fruit dark red striped. Flesh is yellow sometimes slightly tinged with red. Fine textured, juicy, and mildly acid. Excellent for pies and sauce. Mild pleasant flavor, an excellent choice for the home orchard. Good all-purpose apple. Good keeper, keeping till December. Vigorous tree resistant to rust and fire blight. |
| Lamb Abbey Pearmain |
| Origin: England 1804 |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Dessert apple, small and intensely flavored with a hint of pineapple. Good balance of sugar and acid. Firm flesh. Ripens in September. Tree is medium size and spreading. |
| Late Strawberry |
| Origin: New York 1848 |
Ripens: Sept/Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| It is a most attractive apple and considered one of the best dessert apples available. It is very well suited for the home orchard as it tends to ripen over a period of several weeks. It is a vigorous, healthy, and long-lived tree producing moderate to heavy yields biennially or nearly annually. Fruit is medium or larger and often strongly ribbed. The skin is pale yellow nearly covered with pinkish-red and purplish-carmine striping. The yellowish-white flesh is fine-grained, crisp, tender, and juicy. |
| Laxton Fortune |
| Origin: England 1931 (Cox Orange Pippin x Wealthy) |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Medium size fruit with rich red flush or stripes over pale yellow with occasional russeting. Firm, juicy, creamy white flesh is sweet, richly flavored and lightly aromatic but needs to be left on the tree to fully ripen. Small, compact tree produces good crops but tends to be biennial. Scab resistant. |
| Leitzke Seedling |
| Origin: German - mid 1900's |
Ripens: September |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Eating, Pies, Sauce |
| A large, elongated, red skinned apple. Flesh is crisp, crunchy with a tart, sweet flavor. Rates very high in taste tests. Good growth habit and bears early and often. |
| Liberty |
| Origin: New York 1962 |
Ripens: Oct |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Resistant to apple scab and mildew. A handsome red apple, usually school box size, of the McIntosh type with a wonderful sweet/tart balance. Crisper, keeps better and more heat tolerant than other McIntosh hybrids. Very productive. |
| Linsay Russet |
| Origin: Unknown |
Ripens: Late September |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| A small apple that will become larger if properly thinned. Excellent and unique flavor for cider, sauce and eating. A vigorous, heavily productive tree. Is an early and regular bearer. |
| Lobo |
| Origin: Ottawa, Canada - 1927 |
Ripens: Early October |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Uses: Baking, Eating, Sauce |
| Good quality apple that is large and red. Lobo is a seedling of McIntosh and is very hardy. |
| Lodi |
| Origin: Geneva |
Ripens: July |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| An excellent, early yellow apple that is similar to Yellow Tranparent only larger. The crisp fruit is especially good for sauce and pies. One of the first to provide apples in the summer. Thinning is required to keep it bearing annually. |
| Loop Russet Baldwin |
| Origin: Pennsylvania - 1930 |
Ripens: Late September |
Zone: 4 - 7 |
| Uses: Baking, Eating, Pies, Salads, Sauce |
| A russet variety of Baldwin |
| Lords Seedling |
| Origin: New York 1892 |
Ripens: Aug/Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| Large, uniform apple that is a heavy bearer. |
| Lowland Raspberry |
| Origin: Lithuania in 1883 |
Ripens: July/Aug |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| The flesh is fine-grained, juicy and very tender. Fruit is medium to large and somewhat flattened on both ends. |
| Lubsk Queen |
| Origin: Russia |
Ripens: Sept |
Zone: 3 - 6 |
| White like skin with red and pink blushes. Flesh is firm, juicy and tart. Good desert apple for pie and sause. Good keeper |
