382 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Figue d'Alencon. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:156, fig. 1869. 2. Rural N. Y. 45:233, figs. 

 150, 151. 1886. 



Obtained about 1829 near Alencon, Department Orne, Fr. Fruit above medium^ 

 sometimes large, long, very similar to the fig in form and color; flesh greenish-white, semi- 

 fine and melting, sugary, acidulous and perfumed; first but requiring a favorable soil and 

 climate; Oct. and Nov. 

 Figue de Naples. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 577. 1884. 



This has been confused with Figue d'Alengon but is a distinct variety. Fruit above 

 medium, oblong, greenish-yellow, entirely covered with thin, delicate russet, dark reddish- 

 brown on the side next the sun; flesh greenish-white, buttery, melting, with a rich, sugary 

 flavor; excellent; Nov. 

 Figueira. 1. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906. 



A variety introduced as new in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr. Fruit of good size, 

 having rather the form of a large fig, brilliant yellow, colored with purple on the side of the 

 sun, of magnificent appearance; flesh very white, fine, melting, juicy, very sugary, with an 

 agreeable perfume; first, one of the best of the season; July and Aug. 

 Fin Juillet. 1. Rev. Hort. 477, fig. 169. 1898. 



Obtained by M. HeYault, Angers, Fr., from Beurre" Giffard crossed with Joyau de Sep- 

 tembre in 1879. Fruit medium, turbinate, ovate, enlarged at center, russeted all over; 

 flesh fine, very melting, rather subject to mellowness, excessively juicy, very sugary, slightly 

 acidulous and with a delicate, musky savor; good; Aug. 

 Fin-Or d'Orleans. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:160, fig. 1869. 



Fine Gold of Summer. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 760. 1869. 



An old pear mentioned by the earliest French writers. Fruit small, turbinate, swelled, 

 obtuse, golden-yellow, dotted with carmine on the shaded side and bright red on the other 

 cheek; flesh greenish, semi-fine and melting, juicy, sugary, sourish, rather delicate; second; 

 Aug. 



Fin-Or de Septembre. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:156. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 577. 1884. 



Under the names of Finor and Finoin Claude Saint-Etienne wrote of this pear in 

 1670. Fruit medium, pyriform-obtuse, yellowish-green speckled with brown-fawn dots, 

 orange-yellow and brick-red on the side of the sun; flesh white, tender, semi-breaking; juice 

 moderate, sugary, slightly acid, without pronounced perfume; third; Oct. 

 Fitzwater. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 73. 1895. 



Originated in New York. It resembles Lawrence. Fruit small, obtusely pyriform, 

 yellow partly covered with russet; flesh very fine-grained and melting; fair; winter. 

 Flemish Bon Chretien. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 761. 1869. 



Bon-Chre'tien de Vernois. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:469, figs. 1867. 



Of Flemish origin. It was widely propagated in England in 1840. Fruit medium, 

 obovate, green changing to yellow; flesh yellowish-white, crisp, sweet, perfumed; an excel- 

 lent stewing pear; Nov. to Mar. 

 Fleur de Neige. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:163, %• 1869. 



Henri Van Mons. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 782. 1869. 



