THE PEAR. 767 



Fi'uit of medium size, rounclisli, slightly pjTiform. Skin yellow, 

 speckled with russet brown, and ha%dng a brownish cheek. Flesh crisp 

 and firm. In use from December to March. 



FRAiNGIPANE. 

 FrancMpane. 



-An old variety. 



Fruit small, roundish pyrifoi'm, yellow, with some light russet. 

 Stalk short, fleshy at base. Flesh whitish yellow, juicy, melting, sweet. 

 Good. September, October. 



Frederic de Wurtemburg. 



Frederick of Wurtemburg. Roi de Wurtemberg. Medaille d'Or. 

 Vermilion d'l&te. King of Wortemberg. 



Origin disputed by authors. A very handsome and sometimes very 

 good fruit, but often poor. 



Fruit large, one-sided, pyriform, rather uneven in its surface. Skin 

 deep yellow at maturity, with a remarkably rich crimson cheek. Flesh 

 white, juicy, melting, and sweet, and when in perfection, bv\ttery and 

 good. September. 



Frederick Leclerc. 



A French Pear, described in the Album Pomologie by L. E. Berck- 

 mans, and dedicated to Doctor Leclerc. Tree moderately vigorous. 

 Y'oung wood olive. 



Fruit medium or above, oblong obovate pyriform, gi-eenish yellow, 

 with thin traces of russet. Stalk slender. Cavity narrow, acute. 

 Flesh whitish yellow fine, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed. November, 

 December. 



Frederika Bremer. 



Introduced by J. C. Hastings, of Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. Tree 

 vigorous. 



Fruit medium, irregularly obtuse pyiiform, sometimes Bergamotte- 

 shaped, greenish yellow. Flesh whitish, melting, buttery, sweet, and 

 vinous, slightly perfumed. Good. October. 



French Jargonelle. 



Bellissime d'Etl Saint Laurent. 



Bellissiine Supreme. Muscadet d'Ete. 



Bellissime Jargonelle. Bassin. 



Vermilion d'6te. Just. 



Red MuRcadel. Belle Comelie. 



Sabine d'fiti^ Butler's Harvest. 



Summer Beauty. Cuisse Madame. 



Engli.sh Red Cheek. Summer Jargonelle. 



Red Cheek. Cuisse Dame d'^fite. 



Udal. Fusee d'Ete. 

 Laurentienne. 



This, which Mr. Thompson calls, by way of distinction, the French 

 iTargonelle, because it is most commonly received under that name 



