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reputation than it had formerly. The fruit is rather small than middle-sized, in 

 shape long, and all over of a dark red colour. I have been told by a person of 

 credit that a hogshead of cider from this fruit has been sold in London for 8 or 

 eight guineas, and that often a hogshead of French wine has been given in ex- 

 change for the same quantity of Fox-whelp. It is said to contain a richer and 

 more cordial juice than even the Red-streak itself, though something rougher if 

 not softened by racking. The tree seems to want the same helps as the Eed-streak 

 to make it grow large. It is of Herefordshire extraction." 



FRANKLIN'S GOLDEN PIPPIN (Sudlow's Fall Pippin). Fruit, 

 medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and two inches high ; oblato- 

 ovate, even and regularly formed. Skin, of an uniform deep yellow, 

 covered all over with dark spots interspersed with fine russet, par- 

 ticularly round the apex. Eye, with long narrow segments, erect or 

 reflexed at the tips, partially open, and set in a wide and deep basin. 

 Stamens, basal ; tube, conical. Stalk, short and slender, about half 

 an inch long, inserted in a round, narrow, and smooth cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, tender, and crisp, very juicy, vinous, and aromatic. Cells, 

 obovate ; axile, open. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from October to December. 



The tree does not attain a large size, but is vigorous, healthy, and 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer. It is well suited for a dwarf or espalier, 

 and succeeds well on the paradise stock. 



The statement in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society that this is of 

 American origin, and was introduced to this country by John Sudlow, Esq., of 

 Thames Ditton, and first exhibited at the London Horticultural Society in 1819, 

 must be a mistake. I have recently discovered among the Forsyth MSS. a list of 

 the fruits he received whence was writing his Treatise on Fruit Trees, and there, 

 under date of 1801,1 iind that he received the Franklin's Golden Pippin from 

 Kirke of Brompton. I doubt if it is an American apple. 



FRENCH CODLIN. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and an 

 eighth wide, and two inches and a half high ; conical, uneven in its 

 outline, narrowing from the middle both towards the stalk and the 

 crown, and obscurely ribbed on the sides ; it has a waist near the 

 crown. Skin, quite smooth, pale straw colour, and sometimes with a 

 faint tinge of blush next the sun. Eye, closed, with erect segments 

 set on the surface of the narrow apex in a plaited, slight depression. 

 Stamens, marginal ; tube, funnel-shaped, deep, and very narrow. Stalk, 

 small and short, set in a narrow and very shallow cavity. Flesh, white, 

 tender, juicy, and brisk, without much or any flavour. Cells, open, 

 elliptical. 



An early cooking apple, of pretty appearance ; ripe in the middle of 

 August. It is common in the districts round Derby, where it is grown 

 under the name of Leicester -Burton Pippin. 



French Crab. See Winter Greening. 



French Paradise. See Paradise. 



FRIAR. Fruit, of good size ; somewhat conical, being broad at the 



