174 TIIE APPLE. 



Father. 



A seedling originated about 1795 by General Amos Hall, in West 

 Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y. Tree a thrifty, npi'ight grower, forming 

 a handsome head, a good and constant bearer. 



Fi-uit medium, nearly oblate, more or less ribbed, greenish yellow. 

 Flesh whitish, very tender and niicy, subacid. Good. November, De- 

 cember. 



Faust 

 Faust's Winter. Foust. 



Origin, North Carolina. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, sometimes faintly shaded with red 

 in the sun, and thinly sprinkled wdth light dots. Stalk short, stout. 

 Calyx nearly closed. Flesh whitish yellow, moderately juicy, pleasant 

 subacid. Good, almost very good. November, December. 



Favorite. 



From Kentucky. 



Fruit small, roundish, yellow, strijoed and splashed with red. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, mild subacid. Good. November, January. (Elliott.) 



Fay's Russet. 



Oi-igin, Bennington, Yt., on the farm of Mr. Fay. Tree moderate 

 grower and very jiroductive. 



Fruit rather below medium size, oblate conic Color Ught yellow, 

 mostly covered with russet, having a crimson cheek obscurely striped. 

 Stalk sliort and small, inserted in a modei"ate acute cavity. Calyx par- 

 tially closed. Segments long, in a shallow somewhat furrowed basin. 

 Flesh white, tender, sprightly, pleasantly subacid. Very good. April, 

 June. Core small. 



Fearns Pippin. 

 Clifton Nonsuch. Ferris Pippin. Florence Pippin. 



An English variety, not as desii-able here as there. Tree upright, 

 vigorous, hardy, and productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, becoming red in 

 the sun. Flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, rich, and pleasant. No- 

 vember, March. (Lind.) 



Federal Pearmain. 



An old English sort, once prized for the dessert. 



Fruit small, I'oundish' conical, yelloAAdsh, with red and streaks of 

 red in the sun, patches and dots of russet. Flesh fine, delicate, very 

 juicy, rich sugary, vinous. December to March. (Hogg.) 



Fell's Winter S^A^:ET. 



A variety received from F. K. Phoenix, of Illinois. Origin unknown. 

 Tree a great bearer. 



