UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 139 



With light dots; siem, short; cavity, deep, irregular, fiinly russeted: 

 calyx, open : basin, shallow, uneven ; flesh, firm, crisp, jpicy, pleasanT. 

 January to April. 



Father Abraham. 

 From Virginia ; considerably grown in Kentucky. We copy Coxe's 

 description : '• Small, flat, red, little yellow, spots and blotches of darker 

 red; texture, thin, tender ; flesh, white, tinged with red next the sun, juicy, 

 agreeable. Early Winter. Keeps till April." 



Favorite. 

 From Kentucky. Fruit, small, roundish, tapering to the eye, pale yellow, 

 striped and splashed with red, and small rough dots ; stem, short; cavity, 

 deep; calyx, small; basin, medium, regular: core, medium; seeds, long, 

 ovate ; flesh, yellow, juicy, mild sub-acid ; not quite '' very good." Novem- 

 ber to January. 



Fay's Russet. 



From Verm.ont. Tree, moderate grower, productive. Fruit, small, 

 conical, light yellow russet, faintly striped with red : stem, short ; calyx, 

 with long segments; basin, furrowed; flesh, white, tender, sub-acid. 

 March to April. 



Ferdinand. 



Native South Carolina. Tree, moderately vigorous, upright. Fruit, 

 large, oblate irregular, pale greenish yellow ; stem, thick : calyx, open ; 

 basin, shallow; flesh, yellowish, tender. November to March. New. 

 (Wm. Sumner in Hort.) 



Ferris. 



Westchester Seek-no-Farther. 

 Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, yellow shades and stripes of red ; 

 stem, slender ; cavity, broad, deep; calyx, closed ; basin, shallow ; flesh, 

 yellow, crisp, tender, mild sub-acid ; "very good;"' core, siftall. Novem- 

 ber, December. 



Fisk's Seedling. 



Origin. Keene, New Hampshire. Tree, vigorous and productive; highly 

 e^^teemed in its locality. 



Fruit, medium, oblate oblique : skin, deep red on the sunny side, indis 

 tinctly striped with darker red and yellow, and sprinkled with yellow dots , 

 stalk, medium length, in a round, deep, russeted cavity ; calyx, large, seg- 

 ments reflexed, in a broad basin of moderate depth : flesh, greenish white, 

 tender, melting, with a rich vinous, saccharine flavor. October, November! 

 (liobert Wilson's MS. ; Downing.) 



Fleiner. 

 Foreign. Tree, great bearer, growth upright. Fruit, medium, oblong, 

 lemon yellow, red cheek ; flesh, white, tender, sub-acid ; " good." Septem- 

 ber and October, Productiveness its chief merit. 



Ford Apple. 



Origin, farm of David Ford, Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y. Fr lit. large, 

 roundish, slightly conical : color, rich yellow; stem, long: cavity, shallow; 

 basin, small, plaited: flesh, yellowish white, solid, moderately tender, with 

 a high, rich, rather acid flavor. October, January. (Cult ) 



