576 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



EYEWOOD. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and two inches high ; Bergamot-shaped. Skin, very thick, 

 green on the shaded side, becoming greenish yellow tinged with brown 

 next the sun, and very much covered with pale brown russet, and 

 large russet dots. Eye, small and open, slightly depressed. Stalk, 

 an inch to an inch and a half long, slender, inserted in a small cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, exceedingly tender and melting, very juicy, with a 

 sprightly vinous flavour and a fine aroma. 



A very excellent pear ; ripe in October. The tree is very hardy, 

 and a good bearer. Mr. Luckhurst finds it only second-rate, and Mr. 

 Blackmore says it is " small, of poor quality." 



This was raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, President of the Horticultural Society, 

 and was named after Eyewood, near Kington, in Herefordshire, and not, as has been 

 stated, on account of the peculiar woodiness of the eye. Mr. Knight named all 

 his seedlings after the residences of his friends. 



Fanfareau. See Hampderis Bergamot. 



FELIX DE LIEM. Fruit, small, two inches and a half high, and 

 the same wide ; roundish turbinate, even and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, very much mottled with dusky or dirty brown, much speckled, 

 and here and there traces of broken crimson streaks. Eye, small and 

 open, set in a neat round basin. Stalk, rather slender, woody, and 

 inserted in a small round hole. Flesh, white, tender, and melting, very 

 juicy, sweet, cool and refreshing, but without flavour. 



A good pear ; ripe in October and November. 



Ferdinand de Meester. See Colmar Demeester. 



FERTILITY. Fruit, medium size, three inches and a quarter 

 long, and two and a quarter wide ; obovate, even and regular in its 

 outline, terminating abruptly towards the eye, near which it has a 

 suddenly contracted waist. Stem, entirely covered with a bright 

 cinnamon coat of russet, which has an orange tinge on the side 

 exposed to the sun. Eye, open, with short incurved segments, and 

 set even with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, 

 inserted obliquely without depression. Flesh, half-melting or crackling, 

 very juicy and sweet, with a rich and highly perfumed flavour, similar 

 to that of Williams's Bon Chretien, but not so powerful, and with more 

 briskness. 



Ripe in October. The tree is a vigorous grower, an abundant and 

 regular bearer, and produces a large quantity of fruit on a small space 

 of ground. It was raised by Mr. Rivers from Beurre Goubault, and 

 for the last nine years since it was raised, in 1875, it has borne in pro- 

 fusion. This, for market garden and orchard planting, is one of the 

 most profitable pears that can be grown. 



FIGUE (Inconnue Angouleme ; Pistolette ; Prince de Ligne ; 

 Knevett's). Fruit, medium size ; long pyriform. Skin, smooth, bright 



