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the stalk, but even and regular round the eye. Skin, rather rough to 

 the touch, being covered with large coarse russet freckles and patches 

 over a greenish yellow or yellow ground. Eye, very small, and gene- 

 rally without segments, set in a very deep hollow. Stalk, very short, 

 stout, and woody, set in an uneven cavity. Flesh, half -melting, rather 

 coarse-grained, with a cold acidity, and a high perfume. 

 An inferior fruit ; ripe in the last week of October. 



FORME DE DELICES. Fruit, medium size ; obovate. Skin, 

 yellow, almost entirely covered with rather rough brown russet. Eye, 

 open, with long segments, and prominently set level with the surface. 

 Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small, round, and even cavity. 

 Flesh, tender, buttery, and melting, with a rich, sweet flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in October and November. The 

 tree is a good bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



FORTUNEE (Bergamotte Fortunes; Fortunee Parmentier). Fruit, 

 below medium size ; roundish turbinate, uneven in its outline. Skin, 

 deep yellow, covered all over with flakes and lines of brown russet. 

 Eye, closed, deeply sunk. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 stout. Flesh, half-melting, juicy, and sweet. 



A stewing pear ; in use from January till May. Mr. R. D. Black- 

 more considers it useless. 



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De Fosse. See Jargonelle. 



FRANCHIP ANNE. Fruit, medium sized ; obtuse pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, pale lemon-yellow in the shade, and dark deep red next the 

 sun, covered with numerous brown dots, and a few markings of russet. 

 Eye, large, open, and set in a shallow basin, from which issue russet 

 ramifications. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and curved, obliquely in- 

 serted in a small narrow cavity. Flesh, white, rather gritty at the 

 core, tender, buttery, and melting, with an almost sweet perfumed 

 flavour, supposed to resemble Franchipanne, from which circumstance 

 the name is derived. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in October and November. The tree is a 

 vigorous grower, and succeeds well as a standard, either on the pear 

 or quince stock. 



This is the Franchipanne of Duhamel, but evidently not of Merlet, which he 

 describes as a small green pear, ripe in August. By some, as Rivinius, the Dauphin 

 is made synonymous with this, which is an error. 



Franchipanne d'Automne. See Lansac. 



FRANCOIS BORGIA. Fruit, medium sized; obtuse obovate. 

 Skin, uniform deep golden yellow, dotted with large russet dots. Eye, 

 very small, closed, and inserted in a deep basin. Stalk, half an inch 

 long, stout, and obliquely inserted on the end of the fruit. Flesh, 

 coarse-grained, not very juicy, brisk, and not good. 



An inferior pear, which rots at the core in the end of October. 



