390 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Fremion. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:1^. 1856. 



French, 1S07. Bergamot type. Fruit small, globular, symmetrical, light green 

 changing to light lemon-yellow, faintly blushed; flesh agreeable, buttery, gritty near the 

 center, aromatic, sweet, acidulous; good; Oct. 

 Frensdorff rothe Flaschenbime. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856. 



Nassau, Bel., 1833. Fruit medium, smooth and shining, light yellow, blushed; flesh 

 very juicy, sweet, with flavor of cinnamon; good; Sept. 



Florimond Parent, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:164, fig- 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 762. 1869. 



A seedling of Van Mons raised about 1846. Fruit large, long, more or less obtuse, 

 always contracted near the summit and much swelled in its lower part, dark yellow clouded 

 with pale green, dotted and mottled with fawn and slightly washed with dark violet-red 

 on the side exposed to the sun, sometimes also covered with small, black and scaly stains; 

 flesh whitish, coarse, rather melting, gritty at center; juice abimdant, sweet, sugary, wanting 

 in perfume; third; Sept. 

 Friihe Backhausbiine. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikunde 2:161. 1856. 



Nassau, Bel., 1806. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, yellowish, light green changing 

 to pale yellow, often blushed; flesh granular, rather astringent, sourish, musky, good for 

 any situation; Aug. and Sept. 



Friihe Schweizer Bergamotte. i. Dochnahl Fiilir. Obstkunde 2:76. 1856. 2. Ober- 

 dieck Obst-Sort. 241. 1881. 



Holland, 1804. Fruit fairly large, variable in form, often ovate, ventriculous- turbi- 

 nate, and often pyriform, yellowish-light green changing to lemon-yellow, sprinkled with 

 green and yellow-gray dots, marked with russet and often with fine yellow-gray russet on 

 the side exposed to the sun; flesh snow-white, buttery, melting, very juicy, acidulous and 

 aromatic; first; Aug. 

 Fuller. I. Card. Men. 302. 1885. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 213. 1897. 



Originated in Madison, 0., about 1885. Fruit similar in size, form and season to 

 Beurre Giffard but not quite so good. It is, however, claimed that it is a better grower 

 and less liable to crack; greenish-yellow; Aug. 

 Fullero. i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 82. 1886. 



Fruit rather large, greenish, with some dull red on the sunny side ; first ; early summer. 

 Fulton. I. Prince Pom. Man. 2:214. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 768, fig. 1869. 



Originated on the farm of a Mr. Fidton in Brunswick, Me. Exhibited before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1829. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, dark 

 yellow, russeted; flesh, if picked and matured in the house, buttery, melting, full of rich 

 juice. If allowed to remain on the tree it becomes breaking, dry and without flavor. A 

 peculiarity of this pear first discovered by Manning in 1840 is that the fruits after they have 

 attained half their size, are in good eating condition after lying a day or two; second; 

 Oct. 

 Fusee d'Autoinne. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:203, figs. 1869. 



Origin ancient and obscure, but probalaly the neighborhood of Eisleben, Saxony. 

 Fruit often above medium and often much less, very long, conic, bossed, golden-yellow or 



