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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Williams | Apple | Medium sized, dark red fruit with a stripe, over a greenish background. Firm cream flesh, good flavour, not too acid if allowed to ripen on the tree. Excellent storage. | Moderate vigour. Suitable for areas with a long growing season. Can suffer bird damage, because they are the last apples in the garden. Lose their leaves very late in the season. | Susceptible to apple scab/black spot, powdery mildew, scald. |
| Lambert | Cherry | Medium to large, heart shaped dark red cherry.Sweet and juicy. | Steady cropper. Cherries fall off stems easily when fruit is ripe. | Prone to cracking |
| Lamida | Cherry | Medium dark red cherry, heart shaped with a distinct suture. Very juicy, mild sweet flavour. | ||
| Lapins | Cherry | Large, dark red cherry, juicy flesh with good flavour. Fruit sizes and colours considerably in the last 10 days of ripening. | Heavy bearer, tends to bear on young wood. Renewal pruning is recommended to get good crops of consistent fruit. | Quite split resistant |
| Larian | Cherry | Large red cherry, good sweet flavour. | Variable cropper. | Susceptibility to cracking |
| Laroda | Plum | Japanese, medium to large, round. Dark red over a yellow background colour. Yellow flesh, very firm, gets red staining as ripens. Good flavour with sour skin. Semi-clingstone | Ripens well after picking.Productive. | Can be susceptible to bacterial diseases |
| Laxton's Fortune | Apple | Moderately susceptible to black spot (apple scab) | ||
| Le Grand | Nectarine | Large, yellow flesh nectarine. Skin is bright yellow with a bright red blush. Flavour is sweet, flesh is juicy and clings to the stone. Quite similar to Fairlane nectarine. | No significant disease susceptibility noted. | |
| Le Grand | Nectarine | The fruit can be quite large in size and is yellow with streaks of orangey-red. The flesh itself is yellow to orange with a little red next to the stone area, can have a quite rubbery texture. It has a yummy taste (though a little bit acid) and a firm texture. | ||
| Lemon Bergamot | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear) | Susceptible to mites, moderately resistant to black spot (pear scab). | |
| Lewis Seedling | Cherry | Medium to large red cherry, very sweet, long stem. | Can be slow to start bearing. | Tolerates some rain before cracking |
| Liberty | Apple | Spur-bearing | Very resistant to black spot (apple scab) | |
| Liz's Late (also called Lizzee) | Nectarine | Medium, roundish fruit with a slight tip. Almost completely dark red skin, bright yellow background colour. Yellow flesh, juicy and great flavour. Freestone. | ||
| Lizzee (also called Liz's Late) | Nectarine | Medium, roundish fruit with a slight tip. Almost completely dark red skin, bright yellow background colour. Yellow flesh, juicy and great flavour. Freestone. | ||
| London Pippin | Apple | Very resistant to black spot (apple scab) |