FpRFAR PIPPIN. Dessert, till March, small to 

 medium, 2j by 2, roundish conical, regular. Colour, 

 pale green to yellow, with russet dots and veins. Flesh, 

 tender, greenish-yellow, sub-acid and pleasantly 

 flavoured. Eye, closed in a shallow, wrinkled basin. 

 Stem, fairly long, in a shallow cavity. Growth, com- 

 pact ; moderately fertile. Leaf, medium, oval, 

 upfolded, finely serrate. Origin, uncertain ; probably 

 from the county after which it is named. A very 

 excellent fruit, especially for those of riper years. 



FORESTER. Culinary, December to January, large, 

 3l by 3, roundish, slightly flattened at each end, little 

 angular, but ribs well rounded. Colour, green, fading 

 to yellow with faint brown red flush, covered with 

 little tlu'n russet and large black dots. Eye, closed in 

 a wide slightly deep basin. Stem, medium, in a wide 

 shallow faintly russeted cavity. Flesh, greenish- 

 white, soft in grain, somewhat acid. Origin unknown. 

 A favourite in many parts of Shropshire and 

 Worcestershire. 



Formosa Pippin : see Ribston Pippin. 



FOSTER'S SEEDLING. Culinary, November to 

 March, medium, 2| by 2, flattened round, regular. 

 Colour, golden-yellow, with deep brown flush and faint 

 stripes. Flesh, tender, pale yellow, very juicy and 

 slightly acid. Eye, very large, wide open in a broad 

 deep basin . Stem, very short in a wide cavity. Growth, 

 dwarf ; fertility, extraordinary. Leaf, rather small, 

 pea green, upcupped, undulating, irregularly crenate 

 or serrate. Origin, a seedling raised at Maidstone, 

 and introduced by Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., about 

 1893. Resembles Cellini, but keeps longer. 



FRAISE D' HOFINGER. G., Hofingers Himbeer 

 Apfel. Dessert, November to March, rather large, 

 2 i b y 3> round, slightly rounded to eye. Colour, pale 

 yellow, shaded nearly all over with rich carmine, 

 approaching Gascoynes Seedling in colour. Flesh, 



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