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Fonthill. See Pond's Seedling. 

 Fotheringay. See Fotheringham. 



FOTHERINGHAM (Fotheringay; Grove Souse Purple; 

 Red Fotheringham; Sheen). Fruit medium sized, obo- 

 vate, with a well-defined suture, which, is higher on one 

 side than the other. Skin deep reddish-purple on the 

 side next the sun, and bright red where shaded, covered 

 with thin blue bloom. Stalk an inch long, not deeply 

 inserted. Flesh pale greenish-yellow, not juicy, sugary, 

 with a pleasant subaeid flavour, and separating from the 

 stone. Shoots smooth. 



A good dessert plum. Ripe in the middle of August. 



Franklin. See Washington. 

 Friar's. See Cheston. 



FROST GAGE (American Damson ; Frost Plum). 

 Fruit small, roundish-oval, and marked with a distinct 

 suture. Skin deep purple, strewed with russet dots, and 

 covered with a thin bloom. Stalk about three quarters of 

 an inch long. Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sweet, and 

 rather richly flavoured, adhering to the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



An excellent little plum. Ripe in October. The tree 

 is a great bearer. 



Frost Plum. See Frost Gage. 



GENERAL HAND. Fruit very large, roundish-oval, 

 marked with a slight suture. Skin deep golden yellow, 

 marbled with greenish-yellow. Stalk long, inserted in 

 a shallow cavity. Flesh pale yellow, coarse, not very 

 juicy, sweet, arid of a good flavour, and separating from 

 the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A preserving plum. Ripe in the beginning and middle 

 of September. 



German Gage. See Bleelcers Yellow Gage. 

 German Prune. See Quetsche. 

 German Quetsche. See Quetsche. 



GISBORNE'S (Gisborne's Early; Patersons). Fruit 

 rather below medium size, roundish-oval, marked with a 

 distinct suture. Skin greenish-yellow, but changing as 

 it ripens to fine amber, with a few crimson spots, and 

 numerous grey russet dots iuterpersed. Stalk half an 

 inch to three quarters long, inserted in a very shallow 



