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departure from the common characters of Fameuse as to be read- 

 ily recognized as something different. Such seedlings are gener- 

 ally accepted as new varieties, and in cases where they show 

 conspicuous merit they are separately propagated by grafting, and 

 eventually receive special names of their own. He then lists sev- 

 eral named varieties of the Fameuse group, including Bloom, 

 Brilliant, Canada Baldwin, Fameuse Green, Fameuse Noire, 

 Fameuse Sucre, La Victoire, Louise, Mclntosh, Hilaire and 

 Shiawassee. The more important of these are described under 

 their respective names in this volume. 



FANNY. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869:173. fig. 2. Thomas, 1875:499. 3. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Cat., 1877 :8. 4. Barry, 1883 :333. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1887 : 

 93. 6. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892 :239. 7. Rural N. Y., 55 -.642, 706, 707. 1896. 

 fig. 8. Ib., 56:292. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:83. fig. 



SYNONYMS. None. 



This is an attractive bright red fruit of good dessert quality. 

 It begins to ripen about the first of September, and continues in 

 season till late fall. The tree is quite vigorous, comes into bearing 

 moderately early and is a reliable annual cropper. Some regard 

 it as desirable for commercial planting (7, 8), but it has not proved 

 so at this Station because it is somewhat deficient in size. On 

 account of its beauty and excellent dessert quality it is worthy of 

 being classed among the varieties desirable for the home orchard. 



Historical. Originated with Dr. John K. Eshelman, Lancaster Co., Pa. (7). 

 It has been as yet but little disseminated in New York. 



TREE. 



Tree moderately vigorous with moderately long, stout branches. Form flat, 

 spreading, open. Twigs long, curved, moderately stout ; internodes long. 

 Bark brown tingled with olive-green, heavily streaked with scarf-skin ; much 

 pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, medium size, round, not raised. Buds 

 medium size, plump, obtuse, free, heavily pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit above medium to below medium size, pretty uniform in size and 

 shape. Form roundish, slightly oblate varying to somewhat oblong or ovate, 



