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Lawver
type: Cooking
synonyms: Lawyer, Delaware White, Black Spy
identification: Medium. The skin is thin and tends to have a waxy feel. Entirely washed in red becoming darker at the base.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish yellow, hard, sweet?sharp and aromatic. Keeps three months in cold storage.
uses: cooking
origins: named for the noted Illinois pomologist, A.M. Lawver, but other details of its history are confusing. One source attributes its origin to an old Indian orchard in Kansas. Another source indicates it arose in the 1860’s in Parkville, Missouri
cultivation: Precocious. Biennial. Ready for harvest starting in the first half of the FOURTH period.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab.
ploidism: Self sterile.
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