868 THE PEAK. 



FlGUE. 



Figue Vert. 



Foreign. This is distinct from the preceding, and by some counted su- 

 perior ; tree vigorous, hardy, productive on either pear or quince ; fruit 

 medium, oblong pyriform, green, much overspread with yellow and red 

 russet ; stem stout, fleshily set upon the neck ; calyx open, without divi- 

 sions ; core rather large ; flesh white, juicy, melting, slightly perfumed, 

 " very good." November. 



FONDANTE DE CHARNEUSE. 



Foreign. New. Fruit large, obtuse pyriform, irregular, dull yellowish 

 green, dotted and clouded with russet ; stem stout ; calyx open ; flesh 

 melting, juicy, saccharine, sometimes astringent, "very good." Early 

 October. (Wilder, in Hort.) 



FONDANTE DE MALINES. 



Fondante de Malines (Esperin) . 



Foreign. New. Tree vigofous, productive; fruit medium, roundish 

 obovate, pale yellow, traced and much covered with red russet and brown- 

 ish red, occasional spot of vermillion in sun ; stem long ; calyx small ; 

 core large; flesh white, buttery, melting, sweet, " very good." October. 



FONDANTE VAN MONS. 



Foreign. Tree good grower and productive ; fruit medium, roundish 

 obovate, greenish yellow, marbled with red and some russet specks ; stem 

 stout, curved ; calyx large, open ; core large ; flesh yellowish white, coarse, 

 melting, buttery, sweet, k ' very good." October. 



FORELLE. 



Trout Pear, | Poire Truite, 

 Forellenbirne. 



Foreign. Deserves more attention than it has yet received ; tree vig- 

 orous, productive on quince or pear ; wood violet red, young shoots 

 downy; fruit medium, oblong obovate, dull yellow in shade, vermillion in 

 sun, grayish dots margined with crimson ; stem slender ; calyx partly open ; 

 core medium; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, melting, juicy, vinous, 

 "very good" or "best." October, November. 



FREDERICK OF WURTEMBERG. 



Frederick de Wurtemburg. 



Foreign. Well known and extensively grown in this country ; tree 

 very early and productive bearer, young wood strong, yellowish brown ; 

 fruit decays rapidly at core, often worthless ere the grower thinks it ripe; 

 fruit large, angular pyriform, uneven surface, dull yellow, crimson cheek; 

 stem stout, usually set on or thickening into the fruit ; calyx open ; baniu 

 shallow ; flesh white, juicy, melting " good." September. 



