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with yellow and grayish green. Flesh firm, yellowish-white, 

 rich, sweet and excellent. Shoots strong, dark chestnut, mode- 

 rately downy, with numerous distinct whitish spots. A good 

 bearer, in perfection in December, January, and February." 



97. EASTER PIPPIN. Thomp. Lind. 



Young's Long Keeping. 



Claremont Pippin. 



Ironstone Pippin. 



French Crab. Forsyth, (not of Care.) 



Remarkable for keeping sound and firm two years. It is an 

 English variety, rare with us. Fruit of medium size, skin deep 

 green, with a pale brown blush. Stalk short, slender, deeply 

 inserted. Calyx small, in a plaited basin. Flesh very firm, 

 and though not juicy, of a good, sub- acid flavour. 



98. FALLAWATER. Thomp. 



This is a native of Pennsylvania, and was first brought into 

 notice by Mr. Garber, of Columbia, Pa. It is a very good and 

 productive apple, with a rich flavour. Fruit rather large, regu- 

 larly formed, ovate or slightly conical. Skin smooth, green, 

 with a brown blush, dotted with large, gray spots. Stalk slen- 

 der, set in a narrow, round cavity. Calyx small, closed, and 

 placed in a smooth, narrow basin. Flesh greenish, juicy, with 

 a rich, agreeable, sub-acid flavour. November to February. 



99. FENNOUILLET JAUNE. Thomp. Poit. Coxe. 



Embroidered Pipnin. Lind. 



Drap d'Or. O. Duh. No. 12. Knoop. 



Pomme de Caractere. 



A beautiful, little, French dessert fruit, of that class of highly 

 aromatic apples, which are called Fenouillets (fennel flavour,) 

 in France. 



Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, regu- 

 larly formed, a little broadest at the base. Skin fine bright yel- 

 low, marked with a gray russet network, slightly resembling 

 letters or characters. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Calyx quite 

 small, set in a rather small basin. Flesh white, quite firm, with 

 a high, and peculiarly aromatic flavour. The tree rather low. 

 October to March. 



100. FENOUILLET ROUGE. Thomp. Poit. Lind. O. Duh. 



Bardin. 

 Court-pendu Gris. 



Fruit under medium size, between two and three inches in 



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