PEAES. 583 



Franc Real d'Ete. See Summer Franc Heal. 

 Franc Real Gros. See Angelique de Bordeaux. 

 Franc Real d'Hiver. See Winter Franc Real. 

 Franzosische Kiimmelbirn. See Bed d'Henj. 



FREDERIC DE PRUSSE (Fried rich Von Preussen). Fruit, 

 medium sized ; flattened turbinate. Skin, smooth, yellow, marked and 

 streaked with green, which is a distinguishing character of the fruit, 

 deep gold colour next the sun. Eye, small, open, and set in a con- 

 siderably deep basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, set in a small, 

 slight depression, and frequently obliquely inserted by the side of a 

 fleshy protuberance. Flesh, white, very juicy, half-melting, rich, 

 sugary, and vinous. 



A beautiful and excellent dessert pear ; ripe in October. The tree 

 succeeds well as a standard. 



FREDERIC LECLERC. Fruit, above medium size ; short pyri- 

 form. Skin, green at first, but changing as it ripens to yellow, 

 slightly mottled with russet. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long, woody. Flesh, yellowish, buttery, melting, and 

 very juicy, sugary, and rich. 



Ripe in November. 



FREDERIC DE WURTEMBERG (Medaille d'Or ; Sylvestre 

 d'Automne; Sylvestre d'Hiver). Fruit, large ; obtuse-pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, deep yellow, marbled and dotted with red on the shaded side, 

 and of a beautiful bright crimson next the sun. Eye, large and open, 

 placed almost level with the surface. Stalk, thick, an inch and a 

 quarter long, inserted without depression. Flesh, very white, tender, 

 buttery, and melting, rich, juicy, sugary, and delicious. 



A remarkably fine pear ; ripe in October. In the year 1858 it was 

 as finely flavoured as the Jargonelle. Mr. Blackmore finds it a very 

 handsome and fertile pear, and of fair quality. 



This was raised by Van Mons about 1812, and was dedicated, by request, to 

 Frederic I., King of Wurtemberg. 



Friolet. See Cassolette. 



De Fusee. See Cuisse Madame. 



Gagnee a Heuze. See Flemish Beauty. 



GALSTON MUIRFOWL'S EGG. Fruit, below medium size; 

 short obovate, narrowing towards the stalk and the eye, where it is 

 flattened. Skin, greenish yellow, entirely covered with thin pale 

 brown russet, and mottled with red next the sun. Eye, open, with 

 short somewhat incurved segments, set in a wide, shallow basin. 

 Stalk, about an inch long, inserted in a small close cavity, generally 



