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with light dots; stem, short; cavity, deep, irregular, fiinly russeted; 

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



Fr-m 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 u very good/' Novem- 

 ber to January. 



FAY'S RUSSET. 



From Vermont.. 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, small. Novem- 

 ber, December. 



FISK'S SEEDLING. 



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

 esteemed 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. 

 (Robert 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 j 

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

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



