89 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



119. FEARN'S PIPPIN.— Hooker. 



Identification. — Tlort. Soc. Cat. ed. 2, n. 245. Lind. Guida, 47. Fors. Treat. 102. 

 Kog. Fr. Cult. 85. 



Synonymes.— Clifton Nonesucli, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. Ferris Pippin, Ibid. Flo- 

 rence Pippin, in Coven t Garden Market. 



FiGDKE.— Hook. Pom. Lond. t. 43. Pom. Mag. t. 67. Ron. Pyr. Mai. t. xii. f. 2. 



Fruit, medium sized ; roundish, and flattened at both ends. Skin, 

 pale greenish-yelloM^, streaked with dull red on the shaded side ; and 

 bright dark crimson, strewed with grey dots, and small patches of russet 

 on the side next the sun, and extending almost over the whole surface. 

 Eye, large, partially open, with broad connivent segments, which are 

 reflexed at the tips, and set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, a 

 quarter of an inch long, inserted in a wide and shallow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary, and pleasantly flavored. 



An excellent apple, either for th^ dessert or culinary purposes ; it is 

 in use from November to February. 



The tree is very hardy and a great bearer. It is only of late years 

 that it has been brought into general cultivation, and now it is grown 

 very extensively by the London market gardeners, for the supply of 

 Covent Garden Market. 



120. FEDERAL PEARMAIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 540. 



Fruit, below medium size ; pearmain-shaped. Skin, yellowish on the 

 shaded side ; with a little red, and a few dark red streaks on the side 

 next the sun ; the whole thickly covered with large russety dots, and a 

 few patches of russet. Eye, set in a pretty deep and ribbed basin. 

 Stalk, about half-an-inch long, inserted in a funnel-shaped and russety 

 cavity. Flesh, fine and delicate, very juicy, with a rich, sugary, and 

 vinous flavor. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; ripe in December, and continues 

 till March. 



121. FENOUILLET GRIS.— Duh. 



Identification. — Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 287. t. 5. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 246. 



Lind. Guide, 88. Down. Fr. Amer. 110. Diel Kernobst. iv. 117. Quint. Inst. 



i. 202. 

 Synonymes. — Fenouillet, Knoop Pom. 52. t. ix. Fenellet, Lang. Pom. 134, t. Ixxv. 



f. 1. Fenouillet, d'Or Gros, ace. Hort. Soc. Cut. Gros Fenouillet ace. Calvet. 



Petit Fenouillet, Ibid. Porame d'Anis, ace. Merlet. Anis, Duh. Arb. Fruit. 



i. 287. George de Pigeon, ace. Knoop. 130. Graue Fenchelapfel, Diel Kernobst. 



iv. 117. Grauer Fenchelapfel. Anisapfel, Maii/er Fom. Franc, t. xxxii, f. 55. 



"Winter Auisreinette, Christ Handb. No. 1 1 6. 



Figure.— Nois. Jard. Fr. ed. 2, pi. 99. Poit. et Turp. 151. 



Fruit, small, about two inches and a quarter broad, and the same in 

 height ; roundish-ovate, and broadest at the base. Skin, of a fine deep 

 yelloAv color, like a Golden Pippin, but almost entirely covei-ed with 

 russet, which is brown on the shaded side, and grey where exposed 



