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low, striped and splashed with red, and small rough dots ; stem, short • 

 cav'.ty, deep; calyx, small ; basin, medium, regular; core, medium ; seeds, 

 long ovate; flesh, yellow, juicy, mild sub-acid; not quite " very good." 

 November to January, 



Father Abraham. 



From Virginia ; considerably grown in Kentucky. We copy Coxe's 

 description: " Small, flat, red. little yellow, spots and blotches of darker 

 red; texture, thin, tender; flesh, white, tinged with red next the sun, 

 juicy, agreeable. Early winter. Keeps till April." 



Ferdinand. 



Native South Carolina. Tree, moderately vigorous, upright; fruit, 

 large, oblate, irregular, pale greenish yellow ; stem, thick ; calyx, open ; 

 basin, shallow; flesh, yellowish, tender. November to March. New. 

 (Wm. Sumner in Hort.) 



Fleiner. 



Foreign. Tree, great bearer, growth upright; fruit, medium, oblong, 

 lemon yellow, red cheek; flesh, white, tender, sub-acid ; "good." Sep- 

 tember and October. Productiveness its chief merit. 



Franklin Golden Pippin. 



J. ree, upright, vigorous, early annual bearer; fruit, medium, roundish 

 ovate, conical, pale light greeni-^h yellow, interlined with fine whitish net 

 work, few russet dots; stem, slender; cavity, deep; calyx, small, closed; 

 basin, narrow, slightly plaited ; flesh, crisp, juicy ; " very good," October! 



French's Sweet. 



The seedling trees are still standing in Braintree, Mass, Large, round 

 ovate, green, inclining to a yellow when fully ripe, great bearer, highly 

 perfumed ; flesh, firm. Ripe October and November, and will keep° till 

 January or February. Richest baking I know. (B. Y. French Ms.) 



Fronclin. 



"Native of Lancaster Co., Pa. Tree, rapid grower, great bearer ; fruit, 

 medium, regular, round ; bright red ; flesh, yellowish, acid, vinous. New. 

 (Pom. Trans.) 



Flushing Spitzenberg. / 



American, Tree, vigorous, sti-ong brown shoots ; fruit, medium, roundish, 

 slightly conical, greenish yellow, mostly covered with warm yellowish red'j 

 russet dots, with suffused fawn sdiade surrounding ; stem, slender ; cavity, 

 narrow ; calyx, small ; basin, shalf )w ; core, rather large ; flesh, white, tinned 



