THE APPLE. 



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Fruit medium, oblate, oblique, deep red on the sunny side, indistinct- 

 ly striped with darker red and yellow, and sprinkled with yellow dots. 

 Flesh greenish white, tender, melting, vinous, saccharine flavor. Good. 

 October, November. 



FISKE. 



Origin unknown. Tree productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, pale yellow, shaded, and faintly splashed 

 with shades of crimson. Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant, sub- 

 acid. Good to very good. December to March. 



FLAKE'S FALL. 



Originated with the late Col. Flake, of Mercer, Pa., where it is 

 esteemed a valuable and profitable apple, either for market or the table. 

 Tree a moderate grower, rather upright, a good bearer. 



Flake's Fall. 



Fruit large, form oblate, slightly conic. Color yellowish, over- 

 spread, shaded, striped, and splashed with light and dark crimson, 

 becoming very dark in the sun, thickly sprinkled with light and russet 

 dots, some with dark centre. Stalk very short, and rather stout. 

 Cavity large, deep, russeted, the splashes and nettings extending out- 

 side. Calyx open, or partially closed. Segments large, to a point, and 

 rather separated. Basin medium, uneven. Flesh white, tender, 

 moderately juicy, mild subacid, peculiarly aromatic. Core small. Very 

 good. October, November. 



FLANDERS PIPPIN. 

 From Berkshire, England. 



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