Leaves six and one-half inches long, one and one-half inches
wide, oval to obovate-lanceolate, of medium thickness,
leathery; upper surface dark green, smooth becoming rugose
along the midrib; lower surface grayish-green; apex acuminate;
margin finely serrate, tipped with reddish-brown glands;
petiole five-sixteenths inch long, with one to six small,
globose, reddish-brown glands variable in position.
[Illustration: LEMON FREE]
Flower-buds hardy, conical to pointed, plump, pubescent,
free; blossoms appear in mid-season; flowers seven-eighths
inch across, with varying shades of pink, sometimes in twos;
pedicels short, medium to thick, glabrous, green; calyx-tube
reddish-green at the base, orange-colored within, somewhat
campanulate, glabrous; calyx-lobes short, medium to narrow,
acute, glabrous within, pubescent without; petals oval, notched
near the base, tapering to long, narrow claws often tinged with
red at the base; filaments five-sixteenths inch long, equal to
the petals in length; pistil pubescent near the base, as long
as or longer than the stamens.
Fruit matures very late; about two and one-half inches in
diameter, roundish-cordate, compressed, with very unequal
halves; cavity medium to deep, wide, abrupt to slightly
flaring, with tender skin and often twig-marked; suture deep,
extending beyond the tip; apex mamelon, recurved, a few
fruits with very large, mucronate tips; color greenish or
golden-yellow, with splashes of dull red and a lively blush
covering one cheek; pubescence short, thick, fine; skin thick,
adherent to the pulp; flesh yellow, juicy, stringy, meaty, mild
or somewhat astringent, pleasantly flavored; fair to good in
quality; stone clinging, one and one-half inches long, one inch
wide, bulged on one side, ovate to oval, plump, winged, with
surfaces marked by short, red grooves; ventral suture deeply
furrowed along the edges, wide; dorsal suture a deep groove.
LOLA
=1.= _Del. Sta. Rpt._ =13=:104. 1901. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._
37. 1909.
_Lolo._ =3.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =74=:373. 1894. =4.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Cat._ 33. 1899. =5.= Budd-Hansen _Am. Hort. Man._ =2=:349,
350. 1903.
_Miss Lola._ =6.= _U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt._ 43, Pl. IV. 1895.
=7.= _Rural N. Y._ =60=:678. 1901. =8.= _N. Y. Sta. Bul._
=364=:184. 1913.
_Miss Lolo._ =9.= _Tex. Sta. Bul._ =39=:808. 1896.
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