76 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



FENOUILLET JAUNE. Fruit, small, two inches arid a quarter 

 broad, and an inch and three-quarters high ; roundish, flattened, and 

 broadest at the base ; even and regularly formed. Skin, fine bright yellow, 

 marked with traces of pale brown russet. Eye, small and closed, set 

 in a wide and pretty deep basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a 

 deep funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, white, firm, sweet, and richly per- 

 fumed. 



A delicious little dessert apple; in use from December till April. The 

 tree is a free grower, quite hardy, and an excellent bearer, but requires 

 a light and warm soil. 



This is sometimes called Drap d'Or and Embroidered Pippin, but erroneously. 



Ferris' Pippin. See Fearris Pippin. 



FILLBASKET. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half wide, 

 and the same in height ; conical, round at the base, flattened at the 

 apex, and distinctly angular on the sides. Skin, pale dull greenish 

 yellow on the shaded side, and streaked with broken patches and pen- 

 cillings of pale red where exposed to the sun, the whole covered with 

 russety dots. Eye, closed, as if drawn together or puckered, placed 

 level with the flat crown, and with a small knob or wart at the base 

 of each segment. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, thickest at 

 the insertion, and placed in a small, round, and shallow cavity, which 

 is surrounded with dark brown russet. Flesh, greenish white, tender, 

 juicy, and acid, with a brisk and pleasant flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple, extensively grown in the neighbourhood 

 of Lancaster, where it is highly esteemed ; it is in use from October to 

 January. 



FIRST AND LAST. Fruit, medium sized ; conical or ovate, even 

 and regular in its outline, being of a true Pearmain shape. Skin, deep 

 crimson on the side next the sun, mottled with the yellow ground colour 

 which shines through it, and with here and there a smooth crust of pale 

 brown russet, particularly round the crown and over the base ; the 

 shaded side is yellow, with here and there tinges of red and streaks of 

 the same colour. Eye, very large and open, beautifully star-like, with 

 long reflexed segments, set in a deep and narrow basin. Stamens, 

 median; tube, short, conical, or funnel- shaped. Stalk, very slender, 

 deeply inserted in a narrow cavity, which is lined with russet, or with a 

 fleshy swelling on one side of it. Flesh, yellowish, tender, sweet, and 

 brisk, with a peculiar spicy aroma. Cells, ovate ; axile, slit. 



An excellent culinary apple, and useful also in the dessert ; in use 

 from September till May. 



A Sussex apple, much grown in the northern part of the county, about Horsham, 

 and sent to Brighton market. 



FISH'S PIPPIN. Fruit, small, two inches and an eighth wide, 

 and under two inches high ; round, even, and regular, without any ribs 

 or undulations. Skin, greenish yellow, dotted with large russet freckles, 



