PEARS. 581 



Eye, open. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, curved. Flesh, 

 yellow, buttery, melting, sweet, and agreeable. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the middle and end of September, but 

 soon decays. 



FOND ANTE DE SICKLER. Fruit, about medium size ; roundish, 

 inclining to turbinate. Skin, smooth, of a bright and permanent pea 

 green, even when ripe, thickly covered with large brown russet 

 freckles. Eye, open, with short, stout, erect segments, set in a wide 

 and shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted without 

 depression by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, white, tender, and juicy, 

 but of inferior flavour, the juice being quite watery. 



A very inferior pear ; ripe in the end of November and beginning of 

 December. 



FOND ANTE VAN MONS. Fruit, medium sized; roundish, and 

 somewhat depressed. Skin, thin, and delicate, of a fine waxen yellow 

 colour, mottled with very thin cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, open, 

 with short and slightly recurved segments, set in a very shallow de- 

 pression. Stalk, an inch long, set in a narrow and rather deep cavity. 

 Flesh, white, juicy, melting, and sugary, with a slightly perfumed flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in September and October, but not 

 so rich as Fondante d'Automne, which is ripe at the same time. 



FOND ANTE DE WOELMET. This has some resemblance both 

 in shape and colour to Beurre Ranee. It has also the same coarse- 

 ness of flesh, which has a greenish tinge under the skin. Very juicy, 

 rather crisp, and with a fine brisk vinous flavour. 



An excellent pear, ripe in the middle of November ; and although it 

 lacks richness of flavour, still it is excellent, and altogether peculiar. 



Fontenay Vendee. See Jalousie de Fontenay. 



FORELLE (Trout; Truite). Fruit, medium sized ; oblong- obovate, 

 but sometimes assuming a pyriform shape. Skin, smooth and shining, 

 of a tine lemon-yellow colour on the shaded side, and bright crimson 

 on the side next the sun, covered with numerous crimson spots, which 

 from their resemblance to the markings on a trout have suggested 

 the name. Eye, small, set in a rather shallow basin. Stalk, an 

 inch long, slender, inserted in a small shallow cavity. Flesh, white, 

 delicate, buttery, and melting, with a rich, sugary, and vinous 

 flavour. 



An excellent pear ; in use from November till February. The tree is 

 hardy, and a good bearer. Mr. R. D. Blackmore says it is very small 

 and hard at Teddington. 



FORME DE BERGAMOTTE. Fruit, large ; three inches and a 

 quarter long, and the same wide ; round and Bergamot- shaped, uneven 

 in its outline, being somewhat angular and furrowed longitudinally at 



